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Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nikki Giovanni
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 139
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
Poetry
Poetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780062562883
ClassificationsDewey:811.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint HarperCollins
Publication Date 20 September 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred social justice movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations about the reality of life-especially Black life--in America. One of the foremost African-American writers and activists of her generation, she has been hailed as a healer and a sage, a powerful voice on issues of race, equality, violence, and discrimination. With Chasing Utopia, Giovanni demands that the prosaic-flowers, food, birdsong, winter-be seen as poetic, and reaffirms once again why she is as energetic, "remarkable" (Gwendolyn Brooks), "wonderful" (Marian Wright Edelman),"outspoken, prolific, energetic" (New York Times), and relevant as ever. "This slim volume delights on every page. There are stories, imaginings, whimsy, and startling images which prove the poet's power and her command of language . . . Anyone with a love of language will be delighted with this book and the continuing publication of America's treasured poet."-San Francisco Book Review

Author Biography

Poet, activist, mother and professor Nikki Giovanni was born in 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Over the span of thirty years, Nikki has received nineteen honorary degrees from colleges and universities.

Reviews

"Giovanni has long been a force for literary exuberance and social responsibility. In her latest accessible, teasing, and poignant collection, she offers straightforward, plain-speaking, sneakily resonant poems . . . she celebrates the opportunity to 'be a truth giver / contribute / something beautiful and useful to the world.'" -- Booklist "This slim volume delights on every page. There are stories, imaginings, whimsy, and startling images which prove the poet's power and her command of language . . . Anyone with a love of language will be delighted with this book and the continuing publication of America's treasured poet." -- San Francisco Book Review