The Key to Everything,” by Margaret A. Brucia, is the first biography of May Swenson, a poet who fashioned her own unique ...

This led to the release of her first book of poetry in 1773. This book made Wheatley the first African American and one of the first women in the United States to publish a book of poetry.

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She also helped pave the way by editing an anthology of Black women poets called Night Comes Softly. Amazingly enough, Nikki Giovanni never stopped writing.

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and conversational takes o… ...

News Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, dies at 81 Poet, author, educator and public speaker was known for blunt and conversational opinions.

Karima Moor, Birmingham’s first Youth Poet Fellow, considers herself just an ordinary young adult with a passion to create and deep love for writing. (Marika N. Johnson, The Birmingham Times ...

Angela Drew, Modesto’s first Black Poet Laureate, aims to uplift other voices and inspire young poets to tell their stories.

She also edited a groundbreaking anthology of Black women poets, “Night Comes Softly,” and helped found a publishing cooperative that promoted works by Gwendolyn Brooks and Margaret Walker ...

She also edited a groundbreaking anthology of Black women poets, "Night Comes Softly," and helped found a publishing cooperative that promoted works by Gwendolyn Brooks and Margaret Walker among ...

She also edited a groundbreaking anthology of Black women poets, “Night Comes Softly,” and helped found a publishing cooperative that promoted works by Gwendolyn Brooks and Margaret Walker ...

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who shared blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She was 81.