Honoring Literary Giant Nikki Giovanni: Poet of the Black Revolution

The literary world lost a giant on Dec. 9 when poet Nikki Giovanni, 81, passed away.

Although a cause of death has not been released, the Cincinnati native had three previous cancer diagnoses.

The creative giant also worked as a professor at Virginia Tech University for 35 years in the Department of English.

Giovanni held the title Emerita Professor for Virginia Tech’s English department.

Fellow poet Kwame Alexander said, “We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world.”

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