It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.
Alice Walker
For Release
Black History Month 2005
ALL EYEZ ON U Nikki Giovanni
In a career that has spanned three decades, Nikki
Giovanni - born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. on June 7, 1943 - has
created an indispensable body of work and earned a place among the
nation's most celebrated poets. The author of more than a dozen volumes,
she is currently Professor of English and Gloria D. Smith Professor of
Black Studies at Virginia Tech. She wrote this poem in response to the
tragic death of rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur in 1996.
