It's easy to feel lost in a nation that has lost its bearings. But Nikki Giovanni's life and works will comfort us as we ...

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

Poet Nikki Giovanni’s death on Dec. 9, 2024, hit me in a way that I had not expected. First, I didn’t know that she was ...

Nikki Giovanni, a celebrated author and poet, was laid to rest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her legacy of empowering Black communities lives on.

Poet, activist and former Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni showed us that poetry could be a path to liberation. Now, it ...

Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville ... much of the latter half of her life as a professor at Virginia Tech in the school's Department of English, where she worked ...

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

Giovanni’s essay helped readers remember that Serena was human, had a life, struggled because of her fame and the pressure ...

Giovanni, the National Book Award finalist and Grammy-nominated poet, died Monday at 81. She was in Blacksburg, Virginia, where she taught at Virginia Tech for 35 years before she retired in 2022.

The beloved poet, who died this week at 81, had a rare willingness to be wrong and learn from others.

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