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

In the quiet hours of Dec. 9, 2024, American poetry lost one of its most defiant and distinctive voices. Nikki Giovanni, the “Princess of Black Poetry,” who transformed the landscape of ...

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, a renowned poet, activist, book author ... sorry for the kids who only hear one kind of music. Where do your dreams come from? My dream was not to publish or to even be a writer ...

she received a Grammy Best Spoken Word Album nomination for "The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection." In a brief biography on her website, Giovanni wrote: "I wanted to be a writer who dreams or ...

The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died ... "let's build / what we become /when we dream." She was born Yolanda Cornelia Giovanni, Jr., on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tenn.

Renowned poet, activist, author and professor Nikki Giovanni has died ... a degree in history from Fisk University in 1967. “My dream was not to publish or to even be a writer: my dream was ...