• Remembering Poet Nikki Giovanni

  • Dec 11 2024
  • Length: 44 mins
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Remembering Poet Nikki Giovanni

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  • For the past 50 years, Nikki Giovanni had been one of our preeminent poets. Rest in Peace to the legendary writer and activist, who passed this week at the age of 81.

    Today we return to our conversation from 2021, reflecting on how her childhood led to a life of writing (6:28), the enduring impact of a televised conversation with James Baldwin (13:40), the story behind her famous poem, “I Married My Mother” (18:30), and why she doesn't believe in role models (23:43).

    On the back-half, we work our way to the present, as Nikki shares her experience of visiting the African American Museum (31:45), the evolution of her poetry (34:32), and how she grappled with two cancer diagnoses (38:25). To close, Nikki reads from her inventive about the author page (43:47).

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