The three-hour drive Kwame Alexander had taken countless times from Nikki Giovanni’s home in Christiansburg, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., felt different on Thursday morning.
Kwame Alexander and Nikki Giovanni.
Nikki Giovanni taught me how to make words paint on a page and how to be a better man.”Nikki Giovanni circa 1970.
Her first book, “Feeling Black, Black Talk” and the poem “Nikki-Rosa” were the start to a career that spanned six decades and dozens of books for readers of all ages.
In addition to 35 years as an English professor at Virginia Tech, from which she retired in 2022, Giovanni taught and lectured at several colleges, touching the lives of many young writers.
Persons:
Kwame Alexander, Nikki Giovanni’s, Giovanni, Alexander, Virginia C, Fowler, Nikki Giovanni, Kwame Alexander “, ”, ” Alexander, I’d, “, ’ That’s, ” Nikki Giovanni, Michael Ochs, Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr, Nikki, Rosa ”, Suzetta Perkins, Giovanni didn’t, ” Perkins, Marita Golden, Golden, Hurston, ” Golden, I’ve, She’d, “ Nikki, ’, ” Sharon Foster, Foster, Giovanni “, That’s
Organizations:
Washington , D.C, New York Times, Virginia Tech, Michael Ochs Archives, Civil Rights Movement, Fayetteville State University, Pen Publishing, American University, Wright Foundation, D.C
Locations:
Christiansburg , Virginia, Washington ,, Virginia, Brussels, Washington, Harlem, West Africa
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