Diversity as Art: Art is Diversity
Nikki Giovanni
Monday, 07 Feb 2000 at 8:00 am – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Nikki Giovanni is a poet and activist with nearly twenty books of poetry and essays which include Black Feeling, Black Talk/ Black Judgement; The Women and the Men; Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day; Racism 101; and her newest book Blues: For All the Changes. She is the Commonwealth Visiting Professor at Virginia Tech teaching writing, poetry and literature.
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