Nikki Giovanni (Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.) is an American activist and poet. She was a prominent member of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and has published poem anthologies, essay collections, and children’s books.
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The quiet and noisy, wintery and sometimes sunny poems in The Sun Is So Quiet will always make you smile. Nikki Giovanni describes riding rainbows, tiptoeing through strawberry patches, licking chocolaty fingers, snuggling under covers, and many other wonderful childhood moments.
Poet and university distinguished professor at Virginia Tech Nikki Giovanni delivers a poetry reading.
Nikki Giovanni is one of the most celebrated living poets, known for beautiful descriptions of family, friends, politics and even food. Host Michel Martin talks with Giovanni about her "truth telling" and some of the surprises in her latest collection, Chasing Utopia.
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