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Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. [1] [2] (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, [2] her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.
In 2005, her album, “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection,” was nominated for the Grammy Best Spoken Word Album. She was also named one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 “Living Legends.” In the ...
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed "the Princess of Black Poetry," has died. She was 81. She was 81.
A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then came the shocking mass shooting at Virginia Tech.
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 Collection." In January 2009, at the request of NPR, she wrote a poem about the incoming president, Barack Obama: "I'll walk the streets. And knock on doors
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 ...
He is a former Writer-in-Residence for the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society [9] (HoCoPoLitSo) and the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Howard County, Maryland. [10] His poems have appeared in over 150 publications, including The 100 Best African American Poems (edited by Nikki Giovanni) and This Is the Honey (edited by Kwame Alexander). [11]
The Rose That Grew from Concrete (1999) is a collection of poetry written between 1989 and 1991 by Tupac Shakur, published by Pocket Books through its MTV Books imprint. [1] A preface was written by Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur, a foreword by Nikki Giovanni and an introduction by his manager, Leila Steinberg.