nikki giovanni knoxville news - Search News

Nikki Giovanni, poet and proud Knoxvillian, dies

Like a Bird in the Sky: Remembering Nikki Giovanni

This is a reprint of a 2022 column by John Job in which he interviewed Nikki Giovanni in a preview of that year's Big Ears Festival in Knoxville.

Hosted on MSN · 17h

Exploring Nikki Giovanni's legacy: Facts you may not have known about the Knoxville poet

You know Nikki Giovanni's poems and the power of her words. Here are some facts you might not know about the poet and author who died at age 81.

Knoxville native, world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died at 81

A plaque honoring Giovanni is located at the Cal Johnson Recreation Center, just across from where her grandparents lived.

13hon MSN

'Nikki Giovanni is a legend in her own right' | The legacy the Knoxville-native leaves behind

On her visits back to her hometown, Giovanni would stop at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center to look through the archival ...

14h

Nikki Giovanni remembered as a trailblazer for civil rights, Black Arts Movement. 'A mighty tree has fallen'

Following the death of Nikki Giovanni, celebrities and leaders honored the late poet on social media. See the heartfelt reactions.

20h

Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, dies at 81

Author of more than 25 books, Giovanni was a born confessor and performer whom fans came to know well from her work, her ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results