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La Secchia Rapita (The sad kidnapped bucket) is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni, first published in 1622. Later successful mock-heroic works in French and English were written on the same plan.
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 ...
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. Appreciation: Nikki ...
The rape of the Sabine women (Latin: Sabinae raptae, Classical pronunciation: [saˈbiːnae̯ ˈraptae̯]; lit. ' the kidnapped Sabine women '), also known as the abduction of the Sabine women or the kidnapping of the Sabine women, was an incident in the legendary history of Rome in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region.
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.
He signed his Italian and Latin poems as Giovanni Bona, Johannes Bona and Ioannes Bonna. The most famous work of Giovanni Bona is "Descriptio sinus et urbis Ascriviensis (for D. Ioannem Bonam de Boliris, nobilem Catharensem)" ("Description of the Gulf and City of Cattaro" (by Mr Giovanni Bona de Boliris, noble of Cattaro)) a poem of 331 Latin exameters with which he glorified the Bocche di ...
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: Nikki Giovanni: Finalist [6] [better source needed] Diary of a Groupie: Omar Tyree: A Poem Traveled Down My Arm: Poems and Drawings: Alice Walker: The Other Woman: Eric Jerome Dickey: 2005: Woman, Thou Art Loosed! The Novel: Bishop T. D. Jakes: Winner [7] [better source needed] 2006: Breaking the Cycle ...