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On the Track

Paperback. Pub Date: 1999. Pages: 176 in Publisher: HarperCollins Intimate edgy. And unapologetic. Blues: For All the Changes bears the mark of Nikki Giovanni's unmistakable voice.In a withcareer that has spanned three decades. Giovanni has created an indispensable body of work and earned a place amoung the nation's most celeated and controversial poets; Gloria Naylor calls her one of our national treasures. Now. in these fifty-two new poems. Giovanni ings the passion. fearless wit. and intensely personal self that have defined her life's work to a new front. Invoking the fates and exalting the rhythm of the everyday. Giovanni writes with might and majesty. From the environment to our reliance on manners. from sex and politics to love among Black folk. Blues is a masterwork with poems for every soul and every mood: The poignant Stealing Home pays tribute to Jackie Robinson. ...

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