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  • Poet gives voice to VA Tech's grief (Nikki Giovanni's profane rants)

    05/09/2007 9:32:08 AM PDT · by ReagansRaiders · 35 replies · 1,235+ views
    The (Albany, NY) Times Union ^ | April 20, 2007 | Marc Parry
    ALBANY -- A renowned poet who taught the Virginia Tech killer found his presence so intimidating it felt like he was "controlling my classroom," the professor said in an interview. . . . The evening wasn't all solemn, though. Giovanni's often profane jokes about men, Jesus, and especially the Bush administration kept the crowd in stitches, though most of them can't be printed in a family newspaper. And from this article:But it wasn't what the celebrated poet said about the massacre that provoked one of the loudest reactions from her audience of University at Albany students Thursday. What really got...