Columnist Justice B. Hill tells us about Quartez Harris, a rising literary talent and admirer of James Baldwin, who is ...

But one Chicagoan was lucky enough to honor Giovanni while she was still alive.

James Baldwin matters. To veteran Baldwin admirers, his renewed prominence comes as a surprise after decades of indifference.

All this attention was a lot for this gay Black man from Harlem who had fled the church and the United States for a truer ...

Songwriter and bassist Meshell Ndegeocellos will feature music from her latest album in two sold-out shows at the Walker Art ...

The poet, who died Monday, set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by ...

The poet set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by staying true to her ...

This is a reprint of a 2022 column by John Job in which he interviewed Nikki Giovanni in a preview of that year's Big Ears ...

Giovanni, 81, died on Monday with her lifelong partner, Virginia "Ginney" Fowler, by her side, according to a statement from ...

Knoxville, Tennessee-born and Fisk University educated poet Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9 at the age of 81. She left an indelible legacy.

Jacqueline Mulhallen marks the centenary of one of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century, whose experience of race, ...

Giovanni, whose most famous poems included 'Knoxville, Tennessee' and 'Nikki-Rosa', died following her third cancer diagnosis.