A team of Virginia Tech faculty and students is helping people understand the late Nikki Giovanni’s poems in a new and immersive way, seven months after the poet and retired English professor’s passing.

Mackenzie Rose, a survivor of a violent attack by her fiancé, channels her trauma into art and poetry, sharing her journey of healing and resilience to inspire and support other survivors.

Poetry magazine, one of the country’s oldest and most prominent literary publications, will for the first time have a Black editor.