How Nikki Giovanni Finally Learned To Cry

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The legendary poet talks with host Anna Sale in front of a live audience about standing up to her father, surviving breast and lung cancer, and why she now cries "over any damn thing." Have you ever been laid off? We want to hear about it—how you talked about it, how it changed your finances, and what helped you feel better. Take our survey at deathsexmoney.org/laidoff. Sign up for our newsletter! Every Wednesday we send out podcast listening recommendations, fascinating letters from our inbox and updates about the show. We also let our subscribers know about upcoming live events and ways you can contribute your stories to Death, Sex & Money. Sign up at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter. Want to tell us something? Email us any time at [email protected].

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0:00.0	I have a different story to tell at 75 than I did at 25.
0:04.0	50 years makes a difference.
0:07.0	And so if there's a poet listening to us right now,
0:10.0	one of the things I would say is, don't read your early poetry.
0:13.7	No.
0:17.9	Because if you do, you won't want to contradict yourself.
0:21.0	And if you don't contradict yourself, you didn't learn anything.
0:24.0	This is death, sex, and money.
0:30.0	Do you think the sexual revolution has gone too far?
0:33.0	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:36.0	That's a lot of money.
0:37.0	And need to talk about more.
0:39.0	Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily.
0:42.0	I'm Anna Sale. inevitable death should be performed daily.
0:42.6	I'm Anna Sale.
0:45.0	Nicky Giovanni self-published her first collection of poems in New York in 1968. 50 years later she joined me on stage in
0:56.8	New York in front of a sold-out crowd. People in the audience clutched copies of lots of different books of hers. She's written more
1:04.7	than 30 now. Her latest collection is called A Good Cry. She writes about finally
1:10.8	learning how to cry as an adult woman
1:13.5	and her life growing up in Cincinnati in the 40s and 50s.
1:16.7	I want to start by hearing how you describe yourself and on the back of your new
1:27.0	paperback will you read what it says after about the author. About the author. A long time ago a little girl sat in the
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