An Evening with Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
When Nikki Giovanni’s poems first emerged from the Black Rights
Movement in the 1960s, she immediately took her place among the
most celebrated and controversial poets of the era. She remains
today one of the commanding voices gracing America’s political and
poetic landscape.
Throughout her career, Giovanni has written words that last. Her
distinctive style presents the truth, committing passion to the
fight for social justice. Her autobiography, Gemini, was a finalist
for the National Book Award; Love Poems, Blues: For All the Changes
and Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea were all honored with NAACP Image
Awards. Her children’s picture book, Rosa, about civil rights
legend Rosa Parks, became a Caldecott Honors Book and The New York
Times bestseller. Her Racism 101 is part of college curricula,
offering a bold and compelling portrait of Americans on all sides
of the race issue.
Giovanni is the recipient of a NAACP Image Award, Langston
Hughes Medal for poetry and the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage
Award. She has been named “woman of the year” by Mademoiselle, The
Ladies Home Journal and Ebony. Oprah has called her “one of the 25
living legends.”
For Giovanni, writing is life. “I’m not trying to tell people
what to do or what to think or none of that. I’m not a leader. I’m
not a guru. I’m just a poet looking at the world.”
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Date
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Time
7:00 PM
Location
Marillac Auditorium, Queens Campus
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Student Life
(718) 990-6567
Sponsored by Friends of the Library,
Student Life, LEADership Development, Student Government Inc. and
Campus Activities Board