EDUCATION PROGRAM
APPALACHIAN HERITAGE LECTURE SERIES
Affrilachian: Selected Readings by Nikki Giovanni
MARCH 19, 2023 AT 3 P.M.
“I was asked to do a biography so this is it. I am 71 years old. I highly recommend old age;
it’s fun. I have been awarded an unprecedented 7 NAACP Image Awards which makes me
very very proud. I have been nominated for a Grammy; been a finalist for the National Book
Award. I am very proud to have authored 3 New York Times and Los Angeles Times Best
Sellers, highly unusual for a poet. I am a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech.
I don’t have a lot of friends but I have good ones. I have a son and a granddaughter. My father,
mother, sister and middle aunt are all deceased literarily making me go from being the baby in
the family to being an elder. I like to cook, travel and dream. I’m a writer. I’m happy”. - Nikki Giovanni
Recently:
Nikki's film Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project was named the Best Documentary at Sundance!
Nikki's new children's book, A Library, premiered at The Library of Congress.
Nikki collaborated with jazz saxophonist Javon Jackson to produce a CD which is a finalist for a NAACP Image Award.
Presented by Carnegie Hall and the Greenbrier Historical Society, with support from the Lewisburg Literary Festival and A New Chapter