Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea Poems and Not Quite Poems [Paperback]

“One of her best collections to date.” —Essence

Quilting the Black-Eyed Peais a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American poetry and African American literature today. FromBlack Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgmentin the 1960s toBicyclesin 2010, Giovanni’s poetry has influenced literary figures from James Baldwin to Blackalicious, and touched millions of readers worldwide. InQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Giovanni turns her gaze toward the state of the world around her, and offers a daring, resonant look inside her own self as well.

A resonant, powerful collection fromone of America’s preeminent poets.

InQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Nikki Giovanni turns herpen to nature and the environment, the might and grace ofwomen, her battle with cancer, the relationships betweenmothers and daughters, the state of the nation, and more.

One of her best collections to date.An embracing, uplifting, and sustaining voice.