They say never meet your heroes, but I met this architect of Black joy in 2017 and learned an important life lesson ...

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

"We were trying to remind ourselves that we have a right." But, Giovanni's name was never in the grocery store magazines (her ultimate measure of fame). "I haven't kept a low profile, I just don't ...

The legendary poet, who died on Monday, Dec. 9, spent some years in Philadelphia, recording an album of poetry and studying ...