Earlier this month, we lost a voice that rang for decades with the clarity of truth and the warmth of eternal joy. Nikki ...

Nostalgia, and in particular a longing for her childhood in Knoxville, was one of the defining subjects of her work. Here are milestones from the incredible life of Nikki Giovanni.

Poet, activist and former Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni showed us that poetry could be a path to liberation. Now, it ...

Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved ... historically black liberal arts college. Giovanni spent much of the latter half of her life as a professor at Virginia Tech in the ...

Please share and follow us: Born, Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. on June 7, 1943, Nikki Giovanni lived her life as an activist ...

Of the few photographs of Nikki Giovanni's tattoo, I am now the taker of one of them. The poet had an infamous tattoo on her left forearm that said "Thug Life," In reference to Tupac Shakur ...

Giovanni’s essay helped readers remember that Serena was human, had a life, struggled because of her fame and the pressure ...

Dec. 10, 2024 Nikki Giovanni, the Black Arts poet who died on Monday at the age of 81, catapulted to fame in her 20s and remained a celebrity for the rest of her life thanks to her charisma ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In the last years of her life, Nikki Giovanni felt her memory fading. At the beginning of the 2023 documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project ...

Renowned poet, activist, author and professor Nikki Giovanni has died ... and nephew Christopher Black.One of Giovanni’s many poems reflects on her life and her eventual passing.“ ...