Nikki Giovanni created this book by asking her friends-people like Gloria Naylor, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Maxine Hong Kingston-for their stories and recollections of their grandmothers, then to a group of writers in their ninties for their thoughts. Grand Mothers celebrates those special women in every culture who preserve heritae and prepare the future. | Grand Mothers by Nikki Giovanni, Paperback | Indigo Chapters