Make Me Rain
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Make Me Rain

Nikki Giovanni

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Make Me Rain

Nikki Giovanni

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One of America's most celebrated poets challenges us with this powerful and deeply personal collection of verse that speaks to the injustices of society while illuminating the depths of her own heart.

For more than fifty years, Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers. As sharp and outspoken as ever, she returns with this profound book of poetry in which she continues to call attention to injustice and racism, celebrate Black culture and Black lives, and and give readers an unfiltered look into her own experiences.

In Make Me Rain, she celebrates her loved ones and unapologetically declares her pride in her Black heritage, while exploring the enduring impact of the twin sins of racism and white nationalism. Giovanni reaffirms her place as a uniquely vibrant and relevant American voice with poems such as "I Come from Athletes" and "Rainy Days"—calling out segregation and Donald Trump; as well as "Unloved (for Aunt Cleota)" and ""When I Could No Longer"—her personal elegy for the relatives who saved her from an abusive home life.

Stirring, provocative, and resonant, the poems in Make Me Rain pierce the heart and nourish the soul.

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Publisher
William Morrow
Year
2020
ISBN
9780062995308
Topic
Literatur
Subtopic
Amerikanische Poesie

Contents

Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Make Me Rain
No Pancakes Please
A Query
You Talk about Rape
Vote
At the Important End
And So It Comes to This
Quiet
America
Big Sisters
Poem
Everything but the Water
I Am Your Sweatshirt
Life on Mars
No I.D. Required
Song of Myself
Some Call It Love
The Blues
Love in All Colors
Unloved
1619 Jamestown (but not only)
In the Evening
For Pat Moss
After the Day
Malcolm X and the Guardian
Lemonade Grows from Soil, Too
For Therrell Smith
Leaves
One—Three; Two—Three; Three—Ones
Love
A Good Job
The 10th Planet
In Silence
Winter Homes
But Some of Us Stayed
Happy Mother’s Day
We Write
Train Rides Matter
Space Inside Mostly but Out
Changes
I Come from Athletes
Transitions
Our Own Path
De-Planeing
Seeds
Spring
When the Music Stopped
We Knew
6 May 2018 Approximately 9:00 P.M. or 10:30 P.M.
Raise Your Hand
The First Students of Color at Virginia Tech
Rainy Days
Submission for the Ebony Commemorative Edition on Barack...

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