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Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author...view moreNikki Giovanni (1943–2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author of over thirty books, she was also the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, the Frost Medal, as well as thirty-one honorary degrees and an Emmy Award. She garnered her most unusual honor in 2007 when a South American bat species—Micronycteris giovanniae—was named in celebration of her. A devoted teacher and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she spent thirty-five years as University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.view less
Books by Nikki Giovanni
Jubilee Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rosa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bicycles: Love Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Acolytes: Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMake Me Rain: Poems & Prose Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jubilee, 50th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rosa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
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Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rosa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5