Nikky Finney
Author of Head Off & Split: Poems
About the Author
Nikky Finney holds the John H. Bennett Jr. Chair of Southern Letters and Creative Writing at the University of South Carolina. She is editor of the anthology The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South and the author of a short-story collection, Heartwood. Her fourth collection of poetry, Head Off show more Split, won the National Book Award for Poetry (Northwestern University Press, 2011). show less
Image credit: Nikky Fenney at the 2012 National Book Festival By Slowking4 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21582344
Works by Nikky Finney
Fishing Among The Learned 1 copy
Associated Works
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 232 copies, 4 reviews
Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color (2018) — Contributor — 123 copies, 2 reviews
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (2019) — Contributor — 116 copies, 1 review
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 105 copies
The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World (2002) — Contributor — 100 copies, 1 review
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (2024) — Contributor — 66 copies, 1 review
Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers (1998) — Contributor — 53 copies, 2 reviews
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade (2006) — Contributor — 30 copies, 1 review
Grand Fathers: Reminiscences, Poems, Recipes, and Photos of the Keepers of Our Traditions (1999) — Contributor — 27 copies
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Contributor — 26 copies, 1 review
The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic Love (1998) — Contributor — 10 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1957
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Talladega College (BA|English)
Atlanta University (MA|African-American Studies) - Occupations
- poet
Professor of Creative Writing - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Conway, South Carolina, USA
- Places of residence
- Conway, South Carolina, USA
Lexington, Kentucky, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
A magical collection that operates on so many levels, violence and love, history and current events, imagining progress while honoring the places from where each image and emotion emerged.
'We are speaking the same language now/a dialect of water and salt. / I am frozen on his wavy channel / the seawater in me swelling.' from 'The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau' Finney deftly pulls together history that has been handed down at home (what's often been omitted from 'exceptional' history show more books) with pop culture, mistrust and imagination. For this ability to pull the reader into the complex amalgamation of fragments created by violence and prejudice, but also love, tradition and family - this is a collection that needs to be read widely and shared often. show less
'We are speaking the same language now/a dialect of water and salt. / I am frozen on his wavy channel / the seawater in me swelling.' from 'The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau' Finney deftly pulls together history that has been handed down at home (what's often been omitted from 'exceptional' history show more books) with pop culture, mistrust and imagination. For this ability to pull the reader into the complex amalgamation of fragments created by violence and prejudice, but also love, tradition and family - this is a collection that needs to be read widely and shared often. show less
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- Works
- 9
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- Members
- 462
- Popularity
- #53,211
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 22
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