Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the ...

Nikki Giovanni died this week, at the age of eighty-one, as that rarest of things: a best-selling poet. Her work burst onto ...

My dad told me that he and my mom used to read Nikki Giovanni’s poems to each other when they were in college together in ...

The charismatic and iconoclastic poet, activist, children’s book author and professor wrote, irresistibly, about race, politics, gender, sex and love.

Cassie Phillips was a member of “Women in Black,” homeless women and supporters who host annual Leaves of Remembrance ...

The poet, who died Monday, set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by ...

Poet Nikki Giovanni was drawn to athletic competition, which made her a fitting mentor to athletes at Virginia Tech.

Can you spot the Easter eggs and figure out which song inspired each poem? Which song inspired this poem? Agodon follows Swift through the looking glass in this poem, a hymn of self-loathing that ...

You know Nikki Giovanni's poems and the power of her words. Here are some facts you might not know about the poet and author who died at age 81.

Giovanni wrote more than 25 books, including pioneering works like her 1970 debut poetry collection "Black Feeling, Black ...

The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, ...

Kwame Alexander, Marita Golden and other authors mourn the death of revered poet and civil rights champion Nikki Giovanni.