"I tried to add renewed vitality to this well-known piece, to convey a deep appreciation for time and a love of life," says Li, who built the composition around a singing quality that unifies the ...

Giovanni read her poems about love, nostalgia and race to audiences around the world, but she never stopped loving.

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to ...

She was 4 when her family moved to Ohio and eventually settled in the Black community of Lincoln Heights, outside Cincinnati.