Nikki Giovanni

About The Author

Nikki Giovanni is one of the most decorated poets of our time. She is the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, a National Book Award, a Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Award, and a Grammy nomination. She is the author of three New York Times bestsellers as well as many poetry collections for children and adults. You can visit her online at Nikki-Giovanni.com.

Books by Nikki Giovanni

Black Ink

Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing

Edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver / Foreword by Nikki Giovanni
Throughout American history black people are the only group of people to have been forbidden by law to learn to read. This expansive collection seeks to shed light on that injustice, putting some of America’s most cherished voices in a conversation in one magnificent volume that presents reading ...
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I Am Loved
By Nikki Giovanni
Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni’s poems to illustrate with his inimitable flourish.
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