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Presents more than two hundred poems written by African-American, Black Arts Movement writer Nikki Giovanni between 1968 and 1998.

A collection of romantic-themed poetry from African-American poet Nikki Giovanni, and features the title selection along with "I am Jazz," "Your Shower," "Gray Clouds Hover," "Friends and Lovers," and others.

"This bountiful collection from Poetry magazine offers the greatest poems of the last century and its greatest poets ... The Poetry Anthology is an American keepsake."--Page 4 of cover

"My fifth anthology of poetry is sub-titled, 'Keeping the Art of Poetry Alive.' The largest section, etymology, contains 20 poems. Etymology is the study of the background of idioms and phrases that are a part of cultural language. For example, 'Get the Lead Out,' 'That’s All She Wrote,' 'The Whole Nine Yards,' 'Happy as a Clam,' and 'Six Ways to Sunday' to name a few. I think you’ll enjoy these poems as not only do they provide background information...

A collection of humorous retellings of classic nursery rhymes by contemporary children's authors.

Twenty poets each share a poem about a mistake they made as a young person and also provide a short statement on what they learned from it.

This book collects the essential essays and poems of Audre Lorde for the first time, including the classic 'The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House'. A trailblazer in intersectional feminism, Lorde's luminous writings have inspired a new generation of thinkers and writers charged by the Black Lives Matter movement. Her lyrical and incisive prose takes on sexism, racism, homophobia, and class; reflecting struggle but ultimately offering...