In the last years of her life, Nikki Giovanni felt her memory fading ... An accomplished, self-described “Southern cook” in her personal life, Giovanni also embraced this ethos in poems ...

Everyday encounters like that informed Giovanni's work for the rest of her life ... her baby sister Nikki "for reasons no one really understands," according to Giovanni's personal website.

When Nikki Giovanni uttered these words in January 2007 at the end of a two-hour interview, she shifted my life’s focus from covering the news to making art with it. Her matter-of-fact ...

Photo by Andrew Adkins for Virginia Tech. Literary legend and retired Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni completed her final chapter on Monday, December 9, 2024. Named by Oprah Winfrey as one ...

Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life, “Gemini.” She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry ...

Nikki Giovanni taught at Virginia Tech for 35 years until 2022. Photo: Dr. Amy Tillerson-Brown. “But being in her class opened my eyes up to so much,” Tillerson-Brown said. Discussions in the ...

Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde ... you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social ...

Zion Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Wednesday to celebrate the life and legacy of Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet, author, and activist who died on Dec. 9, at the age of 81. The memorial ...

Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life, “Gemini.” She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry ...