News at Eleven: "If the snowbirds would leave it alone,

it would be a better state," she said.

The reading, which will feature work from her book "Bicycles," should help the audience grow as well as the poet, Giovanni said.

"It's a Thursday, so 'The Good Wife' will not be on, so there's no excuse," she said.

"I am Jazz"
by Nikki Giovanni

from The Gainesville Sun: Poetry reading with Nikki Giovanni

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