we'll still be talking about our beloved daughter Nikki Giovanni." Giovanni wrote in her online biography that she never set out to write or publish any of her work. Something Theotis Robinson ...

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned poet and proud Knoxville ... Fisk University in Nashville, according to her biography. However, she would be expelled in her first year because, in November, she ...

Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet ... including the award-winning biography Rosa, based on civil rights activist Rosa Parks, according to a news article from Virginia Tech, where Giovanni ...

Nikki Giovanni, a Knoxville-born poet who sharpened ... Emmy and a Grammy and was a finalist for the National Book Award's biography category. She earned 31 honorary doctorates and published ...

Nikki Giovanni, a queer Black poet ... Fowler also edited some of Giovanni’s poetry collections and wrote her biography. Giovanni is beloved for poetry, many of which served as passionate ...

The Virginia Tech professor and beloved wordsmith and author died peacefully after multiple bouts with cancer. She taught us how to ego trip and know that we were loved, all with her signature ...

Nikki Giovanni, a poet of rage and revolution as well as love and longing, who emerged as a fiery voice of Black liberation in the 1960s before honing a more tender, meditative style in best ...

Poet Nikki Giovanni has died at the age of 81 due to complications from lung cancer, reports the New York Times. Born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr., Giovanni was a decorated author with 27 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The literary community is mourning the loss of acclaimed Knoxville-born poet Nikki Giovanni, who died Monday at the age of 81. Beck Cultural Exchange Center President ...

FILE - Virginia Tech English Professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, speaks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007.