Nikki Giovanni died this week ... barely punctuated lines weren’t afraid to brag, as in her popular “ego trippin”—which tapped into the tradition of the Black boast that stretches from ...

An AFRO Archives photo shows Nikki Giovanni on July 21, 1973, the same year she published “Ego Tripping and Other Poems for Young Readers.” (AFRO file photos) “It’s incredibly impactful ...

OnMonday,literary giant Nikki Giovanni died at 81 ... woman who can transform her energy by reflecting on the words of “Ego Tripping” is tangible proof of the magnitude of Giovanni’s ...

On Monday, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., renowned American ... works such as “Spin a Soft Black Song” (1971) and “Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People” (1973 ...

OnMonday,literary giant Nikki Giovanni died at 81 ... She would remind us again later, in “Ego Tripping,” of the power she’d inevitably pass on to us.