The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni is the author of more than twenty books of poetry for adults and children including the seminal Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement, Re: Creation, My House, The Women and the Men, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, Those Who Ride the Night Winds, Love Poems, Blues: For All the Changes, and Quilting of the Black-Eyed Pea. Ms. Giovanni is University Distinguished Professor/English at Virginia Tech.