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

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

Nikki Giovanni passed away at 81 after battling ... for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world." ...

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

“Nikki Giovanni had some good times in Knoxville ... she had all that beautiful poetry and it’s just beautiful but at the end ...

Nikki Giovanni, a Knoxville-born poet who sharpened ... She earned 31 honorary doctorates and published more than 30 books, including 13 children's books and 20 poetry collections.

author and professor Nikki Giovanni has died. She was 81. “The acclaimed poet, Black Arts Movement icon whose poems of wit, wonder, and wisdom were celebrated in children’s books, on keynote ...

Nikki Giovanni speaks during the 61st New York Film ... and wisdom were celebrated in children’s books, on keynote stages and television shows, and in more than two dozen bestselling poetry ...

Nikki Giovanni, the “Princess of Black Poetry ... As a cultural critic, essayist, and children’s author, she demonstrated the versatility of Black intellectual tradition.

Giovanni wrote more than 25 books, including pioneering works like her 1970 debut poetry collection "Black Feeling, Black Talk." ...