Nikki Giovanni — a poet, author, activist and longtime Virginia Tech professor — was an icon in life whose work with echo for generations.

Nikki Giovanni, a pioneering Black lesbian poet, essayist, and philosopher, died Dec. 9 at 81 after a lung cancer recurrence.

"Jill and I send our love and condolences to her family—including her wife Virginia, her son Thomas, and her granddaughter ...

A poet. An author. An educator. Those were just some of the words used to describe Nikki Giovanni, by her colleagues, friends ...

Literary legend and retired Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni completed her final chapter on Monday, 9, 2024.

President Biden released a statement mourning Nikki Giovanni, calling her a “pioneering” poet who “used her pen to advance ...

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to ...

Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet and Black queer icon, has died at age 81. Giovanni died Monday in a hospital in Blacksburg, ...

Pender was one of the many people on Virginia Tech’s campus mourning the loss of Nikki Giovanni. She died Monday at the age ...

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to ...

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

In Blacksburg, colleagues are remembering Nikki Giovanni's literary and academic achievements, but also the personal side of ...