Poetry is the right words in the right ... A crossover is a tricky basketball move, designed to dazzle and confuse - and Kwame Alexander throughout plays with language, metaphor and rhythm to ...

The three-hour drive Kwame Alexander had taken countless times from ... her family and a handful of close friends as the legendary poet and activist took her last breath. Giovanni died Monday ...

Maybe that's all that really matters. MARTIN: To tell us more about her life and legacy, I'm joined by Kwame Alexander - he's also a poet and an author - who counted Nikki Giovanni as a mentor and a ...

Here’s hoping next week won’t have to strike that same balance. Kwame Alexander went on The Late Show and read his late mentor Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Still Life With Apron.” The story he told of how ...