Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for her art form, the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement.

Nikki Giovanni was awarded the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Poetry Society of America on Feb. 26, two months ...

“Nikki Giovanni loomed as an essential and powerful figure in American literature and culture, the author of three dozen books of poetry, essays, and children’s writing,” the poetry society ...