Chasing Utopia

By Nikki Giovanni

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Chasing Utopia

By Nikki Giovanni

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ISBN: 9780062795083
Imprint: WmMorrowPB
On Sale: Apr 17, 2017
No of pages: 160
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BISAC 1: POETRY / American / African American & Black
BISAC 2: POETRY / Women Authors
BISAC 3: POETRY / American / General
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Nikki Giovanni

Biography

Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author of over thirty books, she was also the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, the Frost Medal, as well as thirty-one honorary degrees and an Emmy Award. She garnered her most unusual honor in 2007 when a South American bat species—Micronycteris giovanniae—was named in celebration of her. A devoted teacher and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she spent thirty-five years as University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

About the Book

Product Details

ISBN: 9780062795083
Imprint: WmMorrowPB
On Sale: Apr 17, 2017
No of pages: 160
Trim Size:
BISAC 1: POETRY / American / African American & Black
BISAC 2: POETRY / Women Authors
BISAC 3: POETRY / American / General
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Nikki Giovanni

Biography

Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author of over thirty books, she was also the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, the Frost Medal, as well as thirty-one honorary degrees and an Emmy Award. She garnered her most unusual honor in 2007 when a South American bat species—Micronycteris giovanniae—was named in celebration of her. A devoted teacher and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she spent thirty-five years as University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.