In 1971, poet Nikki Giovanni sat down with the revolutionary ... having been raised with the expectation that the optimism and stability our parents enjoyed in the 1990s would welcome us into ...

The late poet Nikki Giovanni kicks things off by discussing the complicated love she had for her parents. We also hear from actor Mahershala Ali and comedian Chris Gethard and their romantic ...

This week, counsellor and author Lucy Cavendish advises a reader who is worried about hurting her children in the wake of a ...

Nikki Giovanni, the fiery poet ... She would travel often between Tennessee and Ohio, bound to her parents and to her maternal grandparents in her “spiritual home” in Knoxville.

Columnist Preach Jacobs of Columbia, SC reflects on the personal and communal trials of 2024, but writes that love is the ...

Around the time Elon Musk launched his SpaceX quest to colonize Mars, Nikki Giovanni published a poem on what we should take there and what we should leave behind. Her 2002 work, “Quilting the B ...

Nikki Giovanni taught at Virginia Tech for 35 years until 2022. Photo: Dr. Amy Tillerson-Brown. “But being in her class opened my eyes up to so much,” Tillerson-Brown said. Discussions in the ...

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 confront this latest unknown. “i hope ...

Nikki Giovanni, the iconic poet whose words gave voice to the voiceless during the civil rights movement and beyond, has died at 81. Giovanni authored more than 30 books, including “Black ...