It's easy to feel lost in a nation that has lost its bearings. But Nikki Giovanni's life and works will comfort us as we ...

Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr. was born on June 7 ... surging Black pride — the latter expressed in her poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why).” A favorite of mine ...

I read about the death of legendary poet and educator Nikki Giovanni while searching for something on the Internet. What a ...

An AFRO Archives photo shows Nikki Giovanni on July 21, 1973, the same year she published “Ego Tripping and Other Poems for Young Readers.” (AFRO file photos) “It’s incredibly impactful ...

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 ...

OnMonday,literary giant Nikki Giovanni died at 81. Shortly after the news of her ... Every Black woman who can transform her energy by reflecting on the words of “Ego Tripping” is tangible proof of ...

Nikki Giovanni died this week ... barely punctuated lines weren’t afraid to brag, as in her popular “ego trippin”—which tapped into the tradition of the Black boast that stretches from ...