Virginia Festival of the Book honors the late Nikki Giovanni, a retired Virginia Tech English professor, with a tribute on ...

Hari Sreenivasan reports. Nikki Giovanni is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently, "Bicycles: Love Poems." She is a professor at Virginia Tech, where she teaches writing ...

Nikki Giovanni was awarded the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Poetry Society of America on Feb. 26, two months after her death. The organization said it had nominated Giovanni for the ...

Not every laptop needs to cost a fortune—this 2-in-1 Chromebook is just $75 FILE - Virginia Tech English Professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, speaks at a convocation to honor the victims of a ...

FILE - Virginia Tech English Professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, speaks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007.

Nikki Giovanni, speaks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) (Steve Helber, AP2007 ...