Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 toggle caption Getty Images/Hulton Archive The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died. "We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said poet Kwame Alexander in the statement. Giovanni published her first poetry collection, Black …
NEW YORK — Stories of race, racism and colonialism in the U.S. swept the Pulitzer Prizes for the arts, from Louise Erdrich’s novel “The Night Watchman” to a Malcolm X biography co-written by the late Les Payne to Katori Hall’s play “The Hot Wing King.” The awards were announced Friday during a remote ceremony that honored the best work in …
