{"product_id":"bicycles-love-poems-isbn-9780061726453","title":"Bicycles: Love Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki\u003cbr\u003e Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge,\u003cbr\u003e and a voice for social justice who can inform and inspire in times of\u003cbr\u003e national crisis. Controversial, revolutionary, ethereal, or illuminating, her\u003cbr\u003e poems about race, Black lives, violence, gender, and family move readers of\u003cbr\u003e all ages and backgrounds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith\u003cbr\u003e BICYCLES, she’s collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 LOVE\u003cbr\u003e POEMS. An instant classic, that book--romantic, bold, and erotic--expressed\u003cbr\u003e notions of love in ways that were delightfully unexpected. In the years that\u003cbr\u003e followed, Giovanni experienced losses both public and private. A mother’s\u003cbr\u003e passing, a sister’s, too. A massacre on the campus at which she teaches. And\u003cbr\u003e just when it seemed life was spinning out of control, Giovanni rediscovered\u003cbr\u003e love--what she calls the antidote. Here romantic love--and all its\u003cbr\u003e manifestations, the physical touch, the emotional pull, the hungry heart--is\u003cbr\u003e distilled as never before by one of our most talented poets. In a time of\u003cbr\u003e national crisis or personal crisis, this is a collection that will open minds\u003cbr\u003e and change hearts as only the best art can. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, inform and inspire. Sometimes controversial, sometimes ethereal, but always beautiful, her poems move readers of all hues and generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eBicycles\u003c\/em\u003e, she's collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 \u003cem\u003eLove Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. An instant classic, that book—romantic, bold, and erotic—expressed notions of love in ways that were delightfully unexpected. In the years that followed, Giovanni experienced losses both public and private. A mother's passing, a sister's, too. A massacre on the campus at which she teaches. And just when it seemed life was spinning out of control, Giovanni redis-covered love—what she calls the antidote. Here romantic love—and all its manifestations, the physical touch, the emotional pull, the hungry heart—is distilled as never before by one of our most talented poets.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Easily one of [Giovanni’s] most powerful offerings to date.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bicycles is powered as much by Giovanni’s warmth and authenticity as by her words.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889352536293,"sku":"NP9780061726453","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061726453.jpg?v=1730231068","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/bicycles-love-poems-isbn-9780061726453","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}