In the last years of her life, Nikki Giovanni felt her memory fading. At the beginning of the 2023 documentary Going to Mars: ...

This is a reprint of a 2022 column by John Job in which he interviewed Nikki Giovanni in a preview of that year's Big Ears ...

From former Knoxville mayors to inspired writers, many people treasured the time they spent with acclaimed poet Nikki ...

The literary community is mourning the loss of acclaimed Knoxville-born poet Nikki Giovanni, who died Monday at the age of 81 ...

A plaque honoring Giovanni is located at the Cal Johnson Recreation Center, just across from where her grandparents lived.

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 ...

"She was a Trailblazer. No question about that. And the mere fact that she was born and spent many of her formative years here, shows the legacy of what Knoxville has produced. She's someone that ...

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

Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville native and internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died ...

Keeping the renowned poet’s memory alive is personal for Beck Cultural Exchange Center President Reneé Kesler.

Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni, who was at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement, died aged 81 after a long battle ...

Author of more than 25 books, Giovanni was a born confessor and performer whom fans came to know well from her work, her ...