{"product_id":"grand-mothers-poems-reminiscences-and-short-stories-about-the-keepers-of-our-traditions-paperback","title":"Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories about the Keepers of Our Traditions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikki Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNikki Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni created this book by asking her friends--writers like Gloria Naylor, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Maxine Hong Kingston--for their stories and recollections of their grandmothers, then to a group of writers in their nineties for their thoughts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrand Mothers \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates those special women in every culture who preserve heritage and prepare the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A diverse and moving tribute.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikki Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e wrote many books of poetry for children and adults, including \u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e, a Caldecott Honor book, \u003ci\u003eLincoln and Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Genie in the Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEgo-tripping and Other Poems for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e. Giovanni called herself, \"a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English.\" She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Lincoln Heights, an all-black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. She studied at Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBlack Feeling Black Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1968, and since then became one of America's most widely read poets. Oprah Winfrey named her as one of her twenty-five \"Living Legends.\" Her autobiography \u003ci\u003eGemini\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award, and several of her books received NAACP Image Awards. She received twenty-five honorary degrees, and numerous other distinctions, including being named Woman of the Year by \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e, the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award, and the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry. Nikki Giovanni lived in Christiansburg, Virginia, where she was a professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She died in 2024 at the age of 81.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45800630321349,"sku":"9780805049039","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Zq3mPOrZ0m9780805049039.webp?v=1781303663","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/grand-mothers-poems-reminiscences-and-short-stories-about-the-keepers-of-our-traditions-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}