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| Born in 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Nikki Giovanni’s given name is Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Cincinnati, and she attended school in Lincoln Heights. After graduating from Fisk University in 1967, Giovanni published her first book of poetry, Black Feeling, Black Talk, in 1968. Since that time, she has published numerous books and has been included in several anthologies. | |||
Giovanni's activities have included organizing the first African American arts festival in Cincinnati in 1967. She was a professor of creative writing at the College of Mount St. Joseph from 1985 to 1987 and has since taught at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. |
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The Legacy Lace (for Y. C. G., Sr.) By Nikki Giovanni in Women in Cincinnati: Century of Achievement, 1870-1970, Vol. II General f977.14 W872t In this one page essay written in 1984, Nikki Giovanni reflects on the women who sewed handkerchiefs. View catalog record Request this |
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The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni By Nikki Giovanni General 811.54 G512s View catalog record Request this |
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Conservative Cincinnati and Its Outspoken Women Writers By Susan S. Kissel in Queen City Heritage, Vol. 44, No. 1, Spring 1986 General 906 fH673B In this article, Susan Kissel discusses visionary Cincinnati women writers including Francis Wright, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nikki Giovanni. Request this |
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Nikki Giovanni: From Revolution to Revelation By Anna T. Robinson General B G512 Giovanni's poetry and changing social commentary are discussed in this 1979 work by Anna Robinson. Request this |
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