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A Meditation on
Survival and
Transcendence: An
Evening With Nikki
Giovanni at Trinity
College
Coverage/Interview
Opportunity
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Trinity College will
present "An Evening
with Nikki Giovanni:
A Meditation on
Survival and
Transcendence."
Sponsored by the
Trinity College
Office of
Multicultural
Affairs, Women's
Center and Black
Women's
Organization, the
event is free and
open to the public. |
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When: |
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Thursday, April
10, at 7 p.m. |
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Where:
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Washington Room,
Mather Hall,
on the Trinity
College campus |
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Background: |
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Since 1968,
Giovanni has
inspired readers
and critics and
established
herself as a
best-selling
poet, author,
and essayist.
One of our most
widely read
American poets,
she prides
herself on being
"a black
American, a
daughter, a
mother, a
professor of
English." She
has received
numerous awards,
including the
NAACP Image
Award, in 1998
and 2002.
Giovanni teaches
writing, poetry
and literature
at Virgina Tech,
where she was
named University
Distinguished
Professor.
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