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[crwall] Nikky Finney Reading Thursday April 21
Wednesday, April 06, 2016 3:53:53 PM
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UNCW Department of Creative Writing Distinguished Visiting Writer Nikky Finney to
read at the University of North Carolina Wilmington April 21.
WILMINGTON, N.C.—Acclaimed poet and National Book Award Winner Nikky Finney
will read from her work at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 21, in Kenan Hall room 1111. At 2
p.m. that day, she will hold a discussion open to UNCW students and faculty in the
Randall Library auditorium. Finney won the National Book Award for her 2011 volume of
poetry, Head Off & Split.
Nikky Finney was born in South Carolina, within listening distance of the sea. A child of
activists, she came of age during the civil rights and Black Arts Movements. At Talladega
College, nurtured by Hale Woodruff's Amistad murals, Finney began to understand the
powerful synergy between art and history. Finney has authored four books of poetry:
Head Off & Split (2011); The World Is Round (2003); Rice (1995); and On Wings Made of
Gauze (1985). The John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters at
the University of South Carolina, Finney also authored Heartwood (1997), edited The
Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (2007), and co- founded the Affrilachian Poets. Finney's
fourth book of poetry, Head Off & Split, was awarded the 2011 National Book Award for
poetry.
All events are free and open to the public. Receptions sponsored by the department and
book signings sponsored by Pomegranate Books will follow readings. For further information on UNCW’s programs and events in creative writing, please
contact the Department of Creative Writing at 910.962.7063.
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Megan Hubbard
Administrative Assistant
Department of Creative Writing
University of North Carolina Wilmington
601 S. College Road
Wimington, NC 28403
910-962-7063 – office
910-962-7461 - fax