You may think of Nikki Giovanni as a writer of wonderful children’s poetry. That’s true, but she is also much more. As well as poetry, she writes essays and short stories about individual growth, personal struggles for independence and fulfillment, and her concern for humanity as a global community. She has published her conversations with James Baldwin and with Margaret Walker, two high-profile African American writers. She has contributed to books such as “The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students” and African American Literature: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Giovanni gives lectures and poetry readings all over the United States, speaking about the past, the present and the future of
