Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Activist

air date: Mar 8, 2018

Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni talks about her long career, writing process and reflects on the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.

Nikki Giovanni is a poet, writer, activist and educator. Her works cover everything from race and social issues to children’s literature. She has received the Langston Hughes Medal, the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, the NAACP Image Award, more than 20 honorary degrees from national colleges and universities and a Grammy nomination. In 2005, Oprah Winfrey named her one of the top 25 Living Legends. Her 2017 collection of poems is titled “A Good Cry.”

• Full Episode
• Audience Q&A
• On why she chose to write poetry
• A Good Cry
• Maya Angelou's cooking
• The Virginia Tech shooting

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