A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...

Back in 2017, I had the rare opportunity to interview the legendary Dr. Nikki Giovanni here ... frustrated with the poems I did not understand and then thanking God for all of her classic ...

Knoxville-native Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9, but her legacy lives on. From new tributes, a documentary and the work she ...

While the poem celebrates Giovanni's memories of Knoxville and ... “We point back to Nikki all the time in how we show up and how we perform our activism … and how we use our creativity ...

Nikki Giovanni passed away at 81 after battling ... In her book titled Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems, Giovanni penned down her struggle with cancer. Unfortunately, on Monday, December ...

The second essential Giovanni poem, “Nikki-Rosa,” presents a more intimate ... Their friendship, documented in Giovanni’s “All Eyez on U,” highlighted her ability to recognize and ...

Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, but her writing left an indelible mark on America and the world.

Nikki Giovanni, the poet ... For a time, she was called "The Princess of Black Poetry." "All I know is the she is the most cowardly, bravest, least understanding, most sensitive, slowest to ...

She taught us how to ego trip and know that we were loved, all with her signature smile and soul-nourishing words. On Monday, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., renowned American poet ...

The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died ... "We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said poet Kwame ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet and provocateur ... And, if you're watching, all you can end up being is a writer because you're going to share what ...