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Black Ink

Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing

Black Ink( )
Editor: Oliver, Stephanie Stokes
Foreword by: Giovanni, Nikki
ISBN:978-1-9821-0154-1
Publication Date:Jan 2018
Publisher:Atria Books
Imprint:Atria / 37 Ink
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $12.99
Book Description:

Spanning over 250 years of history, Black Ink traces black literature in America from Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates in this "breathtaking anthology celebrating the power of the written word to forge change" (O, The Oprah Magazine). Throughout American history black people are the only group of people to have been forbidden by law to learn to read. This expansive collection seeks to shed light on that injustice, putting some of America's...
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Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays
Author Biography
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Nikki Giovanni is one of the most prominent black poets of her generation. Born on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tenn., she graduated from Fisk University and later studied at Columbia University. Giovanni creates strongly written poems to convey messages of love, frustration, alienation, and the black experience. She gained national fame with the publication of Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement in 1970. Full of the spirit of the black community during this era, her works captured the anger and frustration of many of its members.

Giovanni has been the recipient of grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ford Foundation. She has taught English at Rutgers University, Ohio State University, and Queens College and has given frequent poetry readings. She is also known for several sound recordings of her poetry, including Truth Is On Its Way. She has also been a Professor of English at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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