Nikki Giovanni is an award–winning American poet, activist and professor. Known for her powerful and informative poems on topics ranging from race to societal issues, Giovanni has written numerous poetry collections, children's books and nonfiction essays. She was also nominated for a Grammy for The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Some of Nikki Giovanni's books include A Good Cry, Rosa, Hip Hop Speaks to Children, Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid, Make Me Rain, Love Poems and many more. Giovanni is the University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech. She likes to cook, travel and dream.

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