A key figure of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, the poet and activist is celebrated for her illuminating works ...
Nikki Giovanni, the legendary poet and leader of the Black Arts Movement, died at 81 on Monday, Dec. 9, in Blacksburg, Va., after a third diagnosis of cancer, according to news reports. Her longtime ...
Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai ...