Nikki Giovanni
Poet
1943-06-07
Books by Nikki Giovanni
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Black feeling, Black talk, Black judgement
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Rosa
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Gemini
an extended autobiographical statement on my first twenty-five years of being a Black poet.
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Quotes by Nikki Giovanni
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If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.
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Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
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I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
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and sometimes I sitdown at my typewriterand I thinknot of someonecause there isn't anyoneto thinkabout and i wonderis it worth it
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the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.
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I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.
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and sometimes I sitdown at my typewriterand I thinknot of someonecause there isn't anyoneto thinkabout and i wonderis it worth it
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Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
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I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.
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the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.
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I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
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If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.
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I appreciate and enjoy my age.
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There are things you stand up for because it's right.
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Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.
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Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.
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The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players.
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A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.
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I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.
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There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.
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