Nikki also celebrates her good friend, Maya Angelou, and the many years of friendship, poetry, and kitchen-table laughter they shared before Angelou's death in 2014. She pays homage to the people who have given her life meaning and joy: her grandparents, who took her in and saved her life the poets and thinkers who have influenced her and the students who have surrounded her. In A Good Cry, she takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated her parents' marriage and her early life. One of America's most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a rumination on her life and the people who have shaped her.Īs energetic and relevant as ever, Nikki now offers us an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart. She's been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a courageous activist who has spoken out on the sensitive issues that touch our national consciousness, including race and gender, social justice, protest, violence in the home and in the streets, and why black lives matter. There may not be much new ground broken and tilled but she is a wise, experienced farmer/writer nurturing her established themes she knows well.The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. Giovanni read her own collection of poems (and occasional prose) as an audiobook, and it is a treat. Tittle : A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter Author : Nikki Giovanni Pages : 111 pages Publisher : William Morrow Language : ISBN-10 : 0062399454 ISBN-13 : 9780062399458. Are there moments when Nikki Giovanni's voice breaks with honest, heartfelt emotion? Absolutely. Are there moments of off-the-cuff informality? Sure. Both are artists who lived long enough to return to primary colors, to savor their directness and simple boldness.
In its essence, Love Poems and A Good Cry hits me like viewing the glorious 1992 show of Matisse in New York. In A Good Cry, Nikki Giovanni takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated her parents. She's upbeat, positive, optimistic, engaged, occasionally enraged (mostly about that fool in the White House in 2017), singing the praise of a good piece of well-cooked steak & lamb, and a fine glass of champagne (especially the good champagne Jay-Z sent Doc, aka Maya Angelou). The author is reflecting, down-to-earth and not beholden to anyone. Love Poems and A Good Cry is also a bit of a lion in winter. A GOOD CRY by Poet Laureate, Nikki Giovanni William Morrow 5.5K subscribers Subscribe 322 17K views 5 years ago One of America’s most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful. A lovely collection of poems, reflections and informal comments encompassing many of Nikki Giovanni's work & themes.
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