Born on September 1, 1932, in Fort Kochi, Kerala, Thomas Burleigh Kurishingal exhibited remarkable talent early on. At 21, he ...

Acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni will be laid to rest in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery. The author was born in Knoxville, ...

A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...

Shields said there is something beautiful about the book as a printed object, and many of the pieces in the collections, ...

In her soft girl era, actress and dancer Sandhya Mridul embraces her sadness and vulnerability and spills it all in her first ...

This is what sign language poetry, a genre rooted in the sign language tradition, looks like: a feast for the eyes.

Her works not only earned critical acclaim but an enduring position as one of the foremost luminaries of Black liberation.

A key figure of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, the poet and activist is celebrated for her illuminating works ...

Oprah Winfrey, who honored Nikki Giovanni at her famous Legends Ball, shared with Knox News her favorite poem.

Nikki Giovanni was a world-renowned poet, but she had a profound impact at Virginia Tech, her teaching home for more than 30 ...

Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the ...

Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni, who was at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement, died aged 81 after a long battle ...