A review by steel_city_peach
A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter by Nikki Giovanni

4.0

Interesting 

I enjoyed learning more about Giovanni through the snippets she shared about her upbringing. Her reflection on her parents and grandmother was very relatable. I love how she spoke so affectionately about her friendship with Maya Angelou. She made someone that has always seemed larger than life sound approachable and easygoing. The poems and thoughts about education reform were really interesting to me. I’d love to see her ideas brought to life. At times, the text lost me. It felt like senseless rambling. But what I liked about that was that it made me pause and think. It made me wonder if I missed the point or if maybe the point wasn’t for me to receive. I can appreciate the mental aerobics.