I am also especially happy to welcome. Two friends and colleagues who are at the epicenter of the violent world of literature. A library that began because of troubled times. They remind us that we had been through troubled times before and that friendship libraries and books have the power to help us through. Please join me in welcoming our crew today. Hello and welcome everyone to our Panel Discussion about libraries as lifelines. Then institution that celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. And thrilled to be joined by our esteemed panelist. Ray baker is with me today. The director of the Miami Dade County Library System which is the largest in the country. Over 100 registered borrowers. The most recent historical era. And finally nancy pearl. The author and the creator of a successful and successful and much emulated community projects. Thank you so much for being here with me. Many of us are in places that are experiencing a second wave of the pandemic we have also been watchi
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: best-selling writer nikki giovanni is one of this country s most honored poets, commentators, and educators. her eloquent voice comes through in more than 30 books and as a university distinguished professor at virginia tech. her latest collection of poetry and prose is called chasing utopia, but the utopia here is not the one envisioned by thomas more in 1516. it s something else entirely different. we ll get to that later in this conversation, i suspect. [laughter] first of all, nikki giovanni, it s always good to have you on this program. oh, it s good to be here, tavis, thank you. tavis: let me start where anyone with good sense would start with you [laughter] and that is by not asking a question but by asking you to read. i guess that is a question. will you read something for me from the book? i would love it. tavis: all right. i would like to see you cooking. i would like