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A resonant, powerful collection fromone of America’s preeminent poets.
In Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Nikki Giovanni turns herpen to nature and the environment, the might and grace ofwomen, her battle with cancer, the relationships betweenmothers and daughters, the state of the nation, and more.
A resonant, powerful collection fromone of America’s preeminent poets.
In Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Nikki Giovanni turns herpen to nature and the environment, the might and grace ofwomen, her battle with cancer, the relationships betweenmothers and daughters, the state of the nation, and more.
Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author of over thirty books, she was also the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, as well as thirty-one honorary degrees and an Emmy Award. She garnered her most unusual honor in 2007 when a South American bat species—Micronycteris giovanniae—was named in celebration of her. A devoted teacher and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she spent thirty-five years as University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2010 |
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Genre: | Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780060099534 |
ISBN-10: | 0060099534 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Giovanni, Nikki |
Hersteller: | Harper Perennial |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Nikki Giovanni |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.12.2010 |
Gewicht: | 0,22 kg |
Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author of over thirty books, she was also the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, as well as thirty-one honorary degrees and an Emmy Award. She garnered her most unusual honor in 2007 when a South American bat species—Micronycteris giovanniae—was named in celebration of her. A devoted teacher and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she spent thirty-five years as University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2010 |
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Genre: | Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780060099534 |
ISBN-10: | 0060099534 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Giovanni, Nikki |
Hersteller: | Harper Perennial |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Nikki Giovanni |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.12.2010 |
Gewicht: | 0,22 kg |