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.

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

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

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

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." ...

“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 poet of rage and revolution as ... meditative style in best-selling books for children and adults, died Dec. 9 at a hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81.

Nikki Giovanni, the trailblazing poet ... Giovanni wove the fabric of the Black experience into poetry, essays, children’s books and anthologies. Her fearless exploration of race, gender ...

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’s ...

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 ...