Nikki Giovanni, Revered Poet, Dead At 81
Nikki Giovanni —the bold, beloved, indelible poet, activist, author, and professor— died at age 81 on Monday (Dec. 9) in a Virginia hospital due to complications caused by lung cancer, according to her wife, Virginia C. Fowler. Giovanni was a pioneer in the Black Arts Movement among the likes of John Oliver Killens, Amiri Baraka, […]