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Friday, December 13, 2024

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81.

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Poets and writers add the kind of flavor to our lives that transforms our general living into multidimensional experiences. So happy Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. received all her flowers and accolades. Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. June 7, 1943 - December 9, 2024 #NikkiGiovani

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-- Starry Nights (@starrynightmoon.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 11:16 PM

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Figured Gracie wouldn't be posting.

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-12-13 06:47 AM | Reply

A conversation between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin. Two hours. No transcript provided. Occasionally fascinating.

And, well, back in the day, she was pretty hot. A really interesting broadcast.

youtu.be

#2 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-12-13 06:50 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

She was an icon...particualrly here in Blacksburg.

Lots of memorials.

She will be missed.

RIP.

#3 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-13 05:30 PM | Reply

"Figured Gracie wouldn't be posting."

Yeah...'polar opposites' an' all that...

#4 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-13 05:32 PM | Reply

Figured Gracie wouldn't be posting.

Only dead people in Chicago count.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-13 05:57 PM | Reply

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