![[Unedited] Nikki Giovanni with Krista Tippett](http://www.onbeing.org/sites/default/files/styles/audio_player_300x300/public/Nikki-Giovanni-podcast.jpg?itok=6j3d0I95)
Nikki Giovanni is a Distinguished Professor in the English department at Virginia Tech. She has written and edited numerous books of poetry and works for children, including "Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea," "Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgment," and "The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni." Her latest work is "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Nikki Giovanni — Soul Food, Sex, and Space." Find more at onbeing.org.Nikki Giovanni is a Distinguished Professor in the English department at Virginia Tech. She has written and edited numerous books of poetry and works for children, including "Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea," "Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgment," and "The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni." Her latest work is "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Nikki Giovanni — Soul Food, Sex, and Space." Find more at onbeing.org.