Poet Nikki Giovanni’s death on Dec. 9, 2024, hit me in a way that I had not expected. First, I didn’t know that she was ...

NEW YORK — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and ...

Renowned poet, activist, 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 ...