Nikki Giovanni, the groundbreaking poet, author, and professor whose work embodied the spirit of the Black Arts Movement and ...
Kwame Alexander, Marita Golden and other authors mourn the death of revered poet and civil rights champion Nikki Giovanni.
Our staff and contributors look back on the city’s year in art, from blockbusters to under-the-radar art heroes and unsung ...
A key figure of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, the poet and activist is celebrated for her illuminating works ...
The above poem is a prayer of sorts, dated Aug. 14, 2020, and spoken by Joyelle McSweeney—the author and narrator of Death ...
Caroline Blackwood inspired paintings by Lucian Freud and poetry by Robert Lowell. Her own work has been unjustly forgotten.