A resonant, powerful collection from one of America's preeminent poets. In Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Nikki Giovanni turns her pen to nature and the environment, the might and grace of women, her battle with cancer, the relationships between mothers and daughters, the state of the nation, and more.<BR><BR>"Giovanni remains an architect of life observations.... The world is a richer place for her three-decade body of work, which becomes a volume thicker with the release of Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea."---Miami Herald<BR><BR>"Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a necessary treasure.... A living patchwork of imagination, practice, compassion, lack of prejudice, and good sense."---Africana.com<BR><BR>"Her magic still refreshes and reminds your heart to feel again what it has always meant to be Black, to be a woman, to be vulnerable, to be empowered, to be human."---Marian Wright Edelman<BR><BR>"Giovanni's poetry heals and struts, mourns and celebrates with restorative wit."---Lorene Cary<BR><BR>"Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures. For decades she has offered her wit and wisdom, her bruising honesty, and, above all, her unbound love through these poems as a healing for herself, her community, and her country."---Gloria Naylor<BR><BR>"Nikki Giovanni's work has always been remarkable for energy, venturesomeness, direct honesty, and courage."---Gwendolyn Brooks