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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.
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is a 2023 documentary film directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. It explores the life and career of American poet Nikki Giovanni . It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, and was released in a limited release on November 3 by HBO Documentary Films prior to ...
May 11 – Michael Palmer, American poet, translator and winner of 2006 Wallace Stevens Award; May 17 – Robert Adamson (died 2022), Australian poet and publisher; June 7 – Nikki Giovanni (died 2024), African American poet, activist and author; July 21 – Tess Gallagher, American poet, essayist, novelist and playwright
As with Def Comedy, Simmons appears at the end of every episode to thank the audience. The series included historical legendary poets such as The Last Poets, Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, and Sonia Sanchez. It also featured poets, Saul Williams, J. Ivy, Jessica Care Moore and Lemon.
A Poem Traveled Down My Arm: Poems and Drawings – Alice Walker; Diary of a Groupie – Omar Tyree; The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni – Nikki Giovanni; The Other Woman – Eric Jerome Dickey; Why I Love Black Women – Michael Eric Dyson. Always Wear Joy – Susan Fales-Hill; A Right to be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury – Aaron McGruder
Rosa is a children's picture book written by poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier. [1] A biography of African-American civil rights activist Rosa Parks, it was adapted to film in 2007 by Weston Woods Studios, Inc., narrated by the author.
Nikki Giovanni: Winner [4] Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry: Camille Dungy: Finalist [5] Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem: Mitchell L. H. Douglas: Mixology: Adrian Matejka: Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall: Melba Joyce Boyd: 2011: 100 Best African-American Poems: Nikki Giovanni ...
A Dialogue is a 1973 collaborative work featuring a multi-topic conversation between writers James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni. The preface was written by Ida Lewis, the afterword by Orde M. Coombs . It was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.