Winner, GCLS Award for Poetry. Winner, SIBA Book Award for Poetry. Nominee, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry. The poems in Nikky Finney's breathtaking new collection Head Off Split sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary . The poems in Nikky Finney's breathtaking new collection Head Off Split sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina. Finney's poetic voice is defined by . NIKKY FINNEY was born by the sea in South Carolina and raised during the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Arts Movements. She is the author of On Wings Made of Gauze; RICE; The World Is Round; and Head Off Split, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in Her new collection of poems, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry, is forthcoming in from TriQuarterly Books.
The poems in Nikky Finney's breathtaking new collection Head Off Split sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina. On display this April is the work of Kentucky poet Nikky Finney, who won the National Book Award last November for her latest collection, Head Off Split. Finney's acceptance speech at the awards. Head Off and Split will have you returning to it over and over again. Head Off Split, a collection of poems written by Nikky Finney, won the National Book Award, and deservedly so. Immediately, the book opens with a powerful introduction poem, titled "Resurrection of the Errand Girl: An Introduction.".
Head Off Split, a collection of poems written by Nikky Finney, won the National Book Award, and deservedly so. Immediately, the book opens with a powerful introduction poem, titled “Resurrection of the Errand Girl: An Introduction.”. NIKKY FINNEY was born by the sea in South Carolina and raised during the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Arts Movements. She is the author of On Wings Made of Gauze; RICE; The World Is Round; and Head Off Split, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in Her new collection of poems, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry, is forthcoming in from TriQuarterly Books. Winner, GCLS Award for Poetry. Winner, SIBA Book Award for Poetry. Nominee, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry. The poems in Nikky Finney's breathtaking new collection Head Off Split sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a.
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