Quicknation Nikki Giovanni
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Quicknation Nikki Giovanni
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Nikki Giovanni (born June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, TennesseeNikki Giovanni is an African American poet and author.table
Life Nikki Giovanni grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1960, Giovanni began her studies at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated with honors in history. She received a baccalaureate of arts degree in 1967. She gave birth to Thomas Watson Giovanni, her only child, in 1969. She has been a professor of writing and literature at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 1987, and continues to tour nationwide. She is also fascinated by space and space travel. Works She has written more than two dozen books, including volumes of poetry, illustrated children’s books, and three collections of essays. The civil rights and black power movements informed her early poetry, collected in |
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