Love Poems culture A mythic love story set

A mythic love story set in Trinidad

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"rehydrating" in a way that has nothing to do with water bottles

Her writings on love and its impact on race

A summer cookout is not right until the cards come out

Love Poems culture A mythic love story setIn a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and contoversial writers. Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works. From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All Eyez on U," written for Tupac Shakur,