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From one of America's most celebrated poets, Nikki Giovanni, comes this poignant collection of poetry that celebrates the simple pleasures of everyday life and the bonds we share with those closest to us.
The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations. She's been hailed as a healer and as a national treasure. But Giovanni's heart resides in the everyday, where family and lovers gather, friends commune, and those no longer with us are remembered. And at every gathering there is food--food as sustenance, food as aphrodisiac, food as memory. A pot of beans is flavored with her mother's sighs--this sigh part cardamom, that one the essence of clove; a lover requests a banquet as an affirmation of ongoing passion; homage is paid to the most time-honored appetizer: soup.
With Chasing Utopia, Giovanni demands that the prosaic--flowers, 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.
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- Title Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid
- Author Nikki Giovanni
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company
- Date Septembe
- ISBN 9780062562883 / 0062562886
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 5.5 x 0.4 in (23.11 x 13.97 x 1.02 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Canadian
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Poetry - Women authors
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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