In Blacksburg, colleagues are remembering Nikki Giovanni's literary and academic achievements, but also the personal side of ...

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It would be trite to call Nikki Giovanni a force of nature ... Virginia Fowler, who recruited Giovanni to Virginia Tech, helped lead the school’s English department and edited Giovanni ...

Nikki Giovanni, renowned globally as a literary legend and locally for her indelible imprint on Virginia Tech, died Monday at the age of 81. During her 35 years as a professor in the Department of ...

a fellow faculty member at Virginia Tech. She was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was soon called “Nikki” by her older sister. She was 4 when her family moved ...

Photo by Andrew Adkins for Virginia Tech. Literary legend and retired Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni completed her final chapter on Monday, December 9, 2024. Named by Oprah Winfrey as one ...

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned literary legend and retired Virginia Tech professor, died Monday. Condolences poured in from across the country late Monday and into Tuesday. The poet, professor and ...