Poet Nikki Giovanni
poet
, writer, commentator , activist and educator. Its main objective is the
individual and the power to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of
others . The poetry of John expresses strong racial pride , respect for the family,
and his own experiences as a daughter, a civil rights activist , and a mother.
He is currently Professor Emeritus of English at Virginia Tech .
Nikki
Giovanni poems was born in Knoxville , Tennessee Yolande Cornelia , Sr. and
Jones "Gus" Giovanni . She grew up in Lincoln Heights , a suburb of
Cincinnati , Ohio, and in 1960 , began his studies at Fisk University in
Nashville , Tennessee , the alma mater of his grandfather. He graduated in 1967
with honors , receiving a degree in history. Thereafter , he continued to
attend the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University . In 1969 ,
Giovanni began teaching at Livingston College, Rutgers University , and since
1987 , has taught writing and literature at Virginia Tech, where he is
professor emeritus . He has received nineteen honorary doctorates and a myriad
of other awards, including "Woman of the Year " three different
magazines , and the key to many different cities . He is a member of the Order
of the Eastern Star (PHA ) , and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority
.
Works of Nikki Giovanni poems :
Black
Feeling , Black Talk ( 1967 )
Black
Judgement ( 1968 )
Re:
Creation ( 1970)
My
House ( 1972 )
Women
and men ( 1975 )
Cotton
Candy on a Rainy Day ( 1978 )
Those
who ride the night winds ( 1983 )
Knoxville
, Tennessee (1994 )
Selected
Poems of Nikki Giovanni poems ( 1996 )
Poems
of Love ( 1997 )
Blues
: Changes (1999 )
Prick
the Black - Eyed Pea : Poems and Not Quite Poems ( 2002 )
The
prosaic soul of Nikki Giovanni poems (2003 )
Poetry
collections by Nikki Giovanni poems (2003 )
Acolytes
(2007 )
Bicycles:
Love Poems (2009 ) ( William Morrow).