{"product_id":"a-good-cry-nikki-giovanni-9780062399458","title":"A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She's been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a courageous activist who has spoken out on the sensitive issues that touch our national consciousness, including race and gender, social justice, protest, violence in the home and in the streets, and why black lives matter. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of America's most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a rumination on her life and the people who have shaped her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs energetic and relevant as ever, Nikki now offers us an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart. In \u003cem\u003eA Good Cry, \u003c\/em\u003e she takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated her parents' marriage and her early life. She pays homage to the people who have given her life meaning and joy: her grandparents, who took her in and saved her life; the poets and thinkers who have influenced her; and the students who have surrounded her. Nikki also celebrates her good friend, Maya Angelou, and the many years of friendship, poetry, and kitchen-table laughter they shared before Angelou's death in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nikki Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062399454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062399458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017 pg. 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2017","brand":"Nikki Giovanni","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043503829247,"sku":"9780062399458","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a5ebb4a-cca5-483a-963f-9ee123d15ab6.jpg?v=1684967522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-good-cry-nikki-giovanni-9780062399458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}