BLACKSBURG, Va. – A team of Virginia Tech faculty and students is helping people understand the late Nikki Giovanni’s poems in a new and immersive way, seven months after the poet and retired English ...

The opening of an exhibit containing words from two Nikki Giovanni poems coincides with a Celebration of Life for the author and poet on Sunday, June 8, 2025 at Virginia Tech. Courtesy of Virginia ...

A poetry contest is returning to Virginia Tech on Wednesday, celebrating the legacy of renowned poet and English professor ...

Giovanni was nominated prior to her death in December 2024. Nikki Giovanni was awarded the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Poetry Society of America on Feb. 26, two months after her death.

Boston University opened its collection of Nikki Giovanni’s personal papers to the public in February, revealing a tranche of never-before-seen poems, manuscripts, letters and other writings from the ...

On her first birthday since her passing, Nikki Giovanni still lavishes us with gifts. It’s not just her words but also her deeds that still endure. And those deeds hearten those who connected with her ...

Photo by Andrew Adkins for Virginia Tech. The 2025 Virginia Festival of the Book honors the late Nikki Giovanni with a tribute on Saturday. The festival begins Thursday at 2 p.m. , with activities all ...

Nikki Giovanni in 1986, when she became the Taft Museum of Art's first Duncanson Artist-in-Residence. Cincinnatians will honor the late Nikki Giovanni Saturday. The acclaimed poet grew up in Lincoln ...

NEW YORK – Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for her art form, the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement. The Poetry Society of America said ...