In His Reading Life, Jimmy Carter Favored ‘Anything but Politics’
A voracious reader, the president liked poetry, Civil War history and Southern fiction. He also sent Erica Jong a fan letter.
The Cincinnati Enquirer14 天
Poet Nikki Giovanni to be buried in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery this week
She is survived by her wife, fellow writer and professor Virginia "Ginney" Fowler; her son, Thomas Giovanni ... Giovanni wrote more than two dozen bestselling poetry collections and children's ...
Yahoo17 天
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81
The author of more than 25 books ... she wrote a poem about the incoming president, Barack Obama: Giovanni had a son, Thomas Watson Giovanni, in 1969. She never married the father, because ...
Knoxville News Sentinel19 天
13 essential works by Knoxville's Nikki Giovanni, from poems to an autobiography
There was no one like Nikki Giovanni. The Black poet, writer and educator, who was born in Knoxville and died Dec. 9 at 81, understood intimately that poetry was a spoken form of art as well as a ...
The American Spectator19 天
Bidding Adieu to a Pioneering Poet of Racial Grievance
Arranged in chronological order by the birth date of the poet, it began with works by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Thomas Hardy (who would become my favorite poet) and moved on through ...
The Independent19 天
Starmer’s lead EU negotiator opens door to a major concession in Brexit reset talks
After rejecting plans for a youth mobility scheme agreement to allow under-30s to travel and work more easily between the UK and EU, European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has indicated ...
Associated Press20 天
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81
The author of more than 25 books, Giovanni was a born confessor and performer ... In January 2009, at the request of NPR, she wrote a poem about the incoming president, Barack Obama: Giovanni had a ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer20 天
'Princess of Black poetry' Nikki Giovanni's Cincinnati childhood influenced her work
A prolific writer who published more than two dozen collections of poetry, Giovanni died Monday ... She juggled her growing fame while raising her son, Thomas ‒ born in 1969 ‒ as a single ...
Los Angeles Times20 天
Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, the ‘Princess of Black Poetry,’ dies at 81
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and ‘70s who was dubbed “the Princess of Black Poetry,” has died. She was 81 ...
People20 天
Nikki Giovanni, Poet and Leading Figure of Black Arts Movement, Dies at 81
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet, activist and leading figure ... Virginia “Ginny” Fowler, son Thomas Watson Giovanni and a granddaughter. Her final work, The Last ...