“Ego-Tripping (there may be a reason why ... Finish story here; 10 Essential Nikki Giovanni Poems Everyone Should Read.

Nikki Giovanni, a transcendent American poet ... But it was the audacity of “Ego Tripping,” perhaps her most famous poem, that sealed the deal for a teenager: “I was born in the Congo ...

In the wake of Nikki Giovanni’s passing on Monday ... “I am so hip even my errors are correct,” Giovanni wrote in “Ego-Tripping,” from 1976, a song of the self that is equal parts ...

She taught us how to ego trip and know that we were loved, all with her signature smile and soul-nourishing words. On Monday, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., renowned American poet ...

Nikki Giovanni, the iconic poet and activist ... Black Talk (1968), captured the fire of the Civil Rights Movement. Poems like Ego-Tripping, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Nikki-Rosa became classics ...