The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998
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The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998
For the first time ever, the complete poetry collection spanning three decades from Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and one of America's national treasures.When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial, and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape.The first of its kind, this omnibus collection covers Nikki Giovanni's complete work of poetry from three decades, 1968–1998.The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni contains Giovanni's first seven volumes of poetry:Black Feeling Black Talk, Black Judgement, Re: Creation, My House, The Women and the Men, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, andThose Who Ride the Night Winds. Arranged chronologically with a biographical timeline and introduction, a new afterword from the author, title and first-line indexes, and extensive notes to the poems, this collection is the testimony of a life's work -- from one of America's most beloved daughters and powerful poets.Known for their iconic revolutionary phrases,Black Feeling Black Talk (1968),Black Judgement (1968), andRe: Creation (1970) are heralded as being among the most important volumes of contemporary poetry.My House (1972) marks a new dimension in tone and philosophy -- it signifies a new self-confidence and maturity as Giovanni artfully connects the private and the public, the personal and the political. InThe Women and the Men (1975), Giovanni displays her compassion for the people, things, and places she has encountered -- she reveres the ordinary and is in search of the extraordinary.Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day (1978) is one of the most poignant and introspective. These poems chronicle the drastic change that took place during the 19...
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Rumi Voice of Longing
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Rumi Voice of Longing
In the seven centuries since the death of Jelaluddin Rumi in 1273, the world has come to know and thrill to his sacred poetry. In concert with the tabla and sitar, his writing is part of a religious tradition that is believed to excite spiritual heroism, embracing the holiness of love, lamentation, battle, and the longing for God. RUMI: VOICE OF LONGING collects nearly one hundred of Rumi's most memorable quatrains, presented here on two superbly remastered CD recordings for the first time ever. Translated and performed by the Rumi scholar Coleman Barks, these works echo with a spiritual complexity that defies their outward simplicity. As Sufism acknowledges the truth of other religions, so does Rumi's poetry reflect universal themes: the search for the highest truth, the mystery of surrender, the longing to overcome ego imprisonment. RUMI: VOICE OF LONGING captures the silence, the love, and the playfulness that make each experience with this work one of sacred wonder.
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Committed to Memory
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Committed to Memory
Hollander chooses 100 poems that are easy and rewarding to memorize, including favorites by Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, Lewis Carroll, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Emily Brontk.
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Purgatory
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Purgatory
A brilliant new translation of the centerpiece ofThe Divine ComedyPurgatory, the mountain that straightens souls made crooked by the world, is Dante’s single most conceptually brilliant creation. Anthony Esolen’s vivid and innovative new rendering unearths Dante’s own voice with unprecedented vigor, accuracy, and a masterly use of English meter. It will set the standard for years to come.Esolen’s Introduction incisively explores Dante’s theological universe: the nature ofPurgatory, how Dante came to invent it, and how Purgatory is finally about restoration, liberation, and friendship. Special features, from an appendix that reproduces key sources to extensive explanatory notes, make this a particularly illuminating edition for both expert and newcomer.
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The Language of Life
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The Language of Life
A series of conversations with a cross-section of poets from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Their comments about their work, their lives, and their creativity are provocative and inspiring, filled with vitality and surprising insights.
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Midlife and the Great Unknown
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Midlife and the Great Unknown
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Cries of the Spirit
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Cries of the Spirit
The 300-plus poems collected here each investiges the spirituality experienced by women. Contributors include, among others, Margaret Atwood, Rita Dove, Carolyn Forche, Tess Gallagher, Nikki Giovanni, Denise Levertov, Mary Oliver, and Anne Sexton.
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