Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Elephant in the Room

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

I don’t know where the cliché originated, but it’s especially fitting for my topic today. Around the web, there’s mention of an insightful documentary about adolescent male elephants going on wild rampages, demolishing anything in their paths. What cures these … Continue reading →

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For Valentine’s Day: Favorite Fragments from Favorite Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Seduction one day you gonna walk in this house and I’m gonna have on a long African gown you’ll sit down and say “The Black . . .” and you’ll rap on about “The Revolution . . .” while I … Continue reading →

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Can a Poet Raise a Boy to be a Man?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Yes! Nikki Giovanni, famous writer and single mother, raised a son who grew up to be a man. Thomas Watson Giovanni graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morehouse College and Georgetown Law Center, and currently works as a lawyer in New … Continue reading →

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Nikki Giovanni: Our February Icon

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

I had a list of three women I wanted to see in person before they or I perished from this earth. In January 2011 I saw Erykah Badu. In January 2012 I saw Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni. A pattern? If … Continue reading →

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