ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, March 6, 1996               TAG: 9603060048
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV10 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG 

POET TO HOLD READING

Poet Nikki Giovanni will read and sign her new book "The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni" Wednesday, March 20 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Volume Two Bookstore.

Giovanni, professor of English at Virginia Tech, has been a celebrated author since the 1960's when her poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement.

She was named woman of the year by "Mademoiselle," "Ladies Home Journal," and "Essence" magazine and she holds 13 honorary doctorate degrees. Giovanni is the author of 12 other books of poetry, including "Black Feeling" and "The Woman and the Men."

The reading is free to the public. The bookstore is located in University Mall near Kroger. For more information, contact Corey Burroughs at 231-5213.

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