... influencing the Civil Rights Movement and the women's movement. Later on in her writing career, her areas of writing spread to politics and children's books, allowing a greater audience to relate to what she had to say. Her African-American heritage has greatly influenced her writing, leading her to be ... who thought that she was evidently losing her touch as a writer. Nikki also wrote essays. One of her most famous collection of essays is bound into one book entitled Sacred Cows and other Edibles. This particular piece of work is not very different from all her other pieces of works. .....

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