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Books by Nikky Finney
  | | Conversations With the Conroys Interviews With Pat Conroy and His Family (Non Series) by Walter B. Edgar, Nikky Finney Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-631-5, ISBN: 1-61117-631-X "A New York Times best-selling author of eleven novels and memoirs, Pat Conroy is one of America's most beloved storytellers and a writer as synonymous with the South Carolina lowcountry as pluff mud or the Palmetto tree. As Conroy's writings have been rooted in autobiography more often than not, his readers have come to know and appreciate much about the once-secret dark familial history that has shaped Conroy's life and work.Conversati ..." |
 | | Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems by James Baldwin, Nikky Finney Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2014 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-8486-1, ISBN: 0-8070-8486-7 "All of the published poetry of James Baldwin, including six significant poems previously only available in a limited edition During his lifetime (1924-1987), James Baldwin authored seven novels, as well as several plays and essay collections, which were published to wide-spread praise. These books, among them "Notes of a Native Son," " The Fire Next Time," "Giovanni's Room," and "Go Tell It on the Mountain," ""brought him well-deserved ..." |
 | | Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry Poems & Artifacts by Nikky Finney Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2020 by Triquarterly ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-4201-5, ISBN: 0-8101-4201-5 "Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry is a twenty-first-century paean to the sterling love songs humming throughout four hundred years of black American life. National Book Award winner Nikky Finney’s fifth collection contains lighthouse poems, narrative hotbeds, and treasured artifacts—copper coins struck from a new matrix for poetry, one that testifies from the witness stand and punctuates the occasional lyric within a new language ..." |
 | | The World Is Round Poems by Nikky Finney, Kevin Quashie Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2013 by Triquarterly ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-5233-5, ISBN: 0-8101-5233-9 "The World Is Round, Nikky Finney’s third volume of poetry, collects the wisps of memory we carry with us throughout our earthly lives and weaves them into deft and nuanced poems that emphasize understanding the cycles of life. The settings offer a view into the kaleidoscope of human experience: the sweetness and shock of family life, the omnipresent wash of memory, and the ebullience of warm Southern air. The World Is Round carries with ..." |
 | | Head Off & Split Poems (National Book Award - Poetry) by Nikky Finney Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 2011 by Triquarterly ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-5216-8, ISBN: 0-8101-5216-9 " Winner of 2011 National Book Award for Poetry Winner of 2012 GLCS Award for Poetry Winner of 2012 SIBA Book Award for Poetry Nominee for 2012 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 matriar ..." |
 | | Rice Poems by Nikky Finney, Kwame Dawes, Finney Dawes Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2013 by Triquarterly ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-5232-8, ISBN: 0-8101-5232-0 " In Rice, her second volume of poetry, Nikky Finney explores the complexity of rice as central to the culture, economy, and mystique of the coastal South Carolina region where she was born and raised. The prized Carolina Gold rice paradoxically made South Carolina one of the most oppressive states for slaves and also created the remarkable Gullah culture on the coastal islands. The poems in Rice compose a profound and unflinching journe ..." |
 | | Hold Like Owls (South Carolina Poetry Book Prize) by Julia Koets, Nikky Finney Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-084-9, ISBN: 1-61117-084-2 "Selected by Nikky Finney as the seventh annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Hold Like Owls is the first book-length collection from Julia Koets. Full of imagery deeply embedded in memories of growing up in the American South, Koets explores what it means to hold--to carry memories--and what to hold onto and what to let go. Birds turn into paper, a voice fits inside a chestnut shell, and moths eat stars through a wool ..." |
 | | The World Is Round A Collection of Poems and Prose by Nikky Finney Paperback, 106 Pages, Published 2003 by Inner Light Pubns ISBN-13: 978-0-9714890-4-2, ISBN: 0-9714890-4-1 "In this extraordinary collection of poems and prose, Nikky Finney once again demonstrates her distinctive ability to speak to the heart. With her gift for creating imagery that transfixes and words that dance on the page, Finney captivatingly draws attention to some of life’s most intimate moments. In The World Is Round, the author is a chorus of monks. She is an elephant longing for home. She is sweetgrass and the confederate flag. Sh ..." |
 | | Blackberries, Blackberries(Reprint) (Kentucky Voices) by Crystal Wilkinson, Nikky Finney, Honorée Jeffers Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2017 by University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6958-3, ISBN: 0-8131-6958-5 "As the title implies, this beautifully written collection bursts with stories reminiscent of blackberries - small, succulent morsels that are inviting and sweet, yet sometimes bitter. Crystal Wilkinson provides an almost voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of her characters: Two misfit teenagers seek stolen moments of love and acceptance in the cloak of night ("Hushed"); a woman spends every waking hour obsessed with dying yet ironically ..." |
 | | Heartwood (New Books for New Readers) by Nikky Finney Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1997 by University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-0910-7, ISBN: 0-8131-0910-8 "" Deep in the center of every tree, you'll find the heartwood. The characters in this new book by poet Nikky Finney are the heartwood of their small Kentucky communities. You'll meet Buck Jones and Mae Bennet, whose anger has twisted them up inside, Queenie Sims and Arizona Scott, who can see the good in people, and Trina Sims and Jenny Bryan, two young women who discover how much they are alike despite their different skin color." |
 | | Rice by Nikky Finney Paperback, 175 Pages, Published 1995 by Sister Vision Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-920813-21-8, ISBN: 0-920813-21-6 "Powerful collection and celebration of African American tradition and culture thru the use of simple words." |
 | | Conversations With the Conroys Interviews With Pat Conroy and His Family (Non Series) by Walter B. Edgar, Nikky Finney Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-630-8, ISBN: 1-61117-630-1 "A New York Times best-selling author of eleven novels and memoirs, Pat Conroy is one of America's most beloved storytellers and a writer as synonymous with the South Carolina lowcountry as pluff mud or the Palmetto tree. As Conroy's writings have been rooted in autobiography more often than not, his readers have come to know and appreciate much about the once-secret dark familial history that has shaped Conroy's life and work.Conversati ..." |
 | | Found Anew Poetry and Prose Inspired by the South Caroliniana Library Digital Collections (Palmetto Poetry Series, Story River Books) by Nikky Finney, R. Mac Jones, Ray Mcmanus Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-565-3, ISBN: 1-61117-565-8 "Found Anew is an anthology of new poetry and prose from writers with strong ties to the Palmetto State that creatively engages with historical photographs found in the digital collections of the University of South Carolina's South Caroliniana Library. In their eclectic approach to ekphrasis--textual response to the visual--editors R. Mac Jones and Ray McManus have recruited an impressive group of poets and fiction writers, including Na ..." |
 | | Jacob Lawrence(Reprint) The Migration Series by Leah Dickerman, Elsa Smithgall, Elizabeth Alexander, Rita Dove, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jodi Roberts, Patricia Jones, Natasha Trethewey, Crystal Williams, Jacob Lawrence, Kevin Young Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2015 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-964-7, ISBN: 0-87070-964-X "In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just twenty-three years old, completed a series of sixty small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration. Within months of its making, Lawrences Migration series was divided between The Museum of Modern Art (even numbered panels) and the Phillips Memorial Gallery (odd numbered panels). The work has since become a landmark in the history of African-American art, a monument in the collect ..." |
 | | State of the Heart(Reprint) South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love (Non Series) by Aida Rogers, Cassandra King, Nikky Finney Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-903-3, ISBN: 1-61117-903-3 "For many, South Carolina is a sunny vacation destination. For those who have been lucky enough to call it home, it is a source of rich memories and cultural heritage. In this final volume of State of the Heart, thirty-eight nationally and regionally known writers share their personal stories about places in South Carolina that hold special meaning for them. While this is a book about place, it is ultimately about people's connections to ..." |
 | | Sonya Clark Tatter, Bristle, and Mend by Nell Painter, Nikky Finney, Bridget R. Cooks, Salamishah Tillet, Tiya Miles, Kathryn Wat, Hannah Shambroom, Susan Sterling Published 2021 ISBN-13: 978-0-940979-54-3, ISBN: 0-940979-54-3 "An exhibition catalogue published by the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), Washington, D.C., features the work of renowned textile and social practice artist Sonya Clark." |
 | | Jacob Lawrence(Reprint) The Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Alexander, Rita Dove, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Patricia Jones, Natasha Trethewey, Crystal Williams, Kevin Young, Leah Dickerman, Elsa Smithgall Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2017 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York ISBN-13: 978-1-63345-040-0, ISBN: 1-63345-040-6 "Lawrence's landmark series on African American migration in contextIn 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just 23 years old, made a series of 60 small tempera paintings on the Great Migration, the decades-long mass movement of black Americans from the rural South to the urban North that began in 1915–16. The child of migrant parents, Lawrence worked partly from his own experience and partly from long research in his neighborhood library. The res ..." |
 | | Hog Killing (The Judith Lee Stronach Memorial Lecture on the Teaching of Poetry) by Nikky Finney, Bancroft Library, Autumn Press Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2014 by The Bancroft Library, Uc Berkeley ISBN-13: 978-1-893663-41-1, ISBN: 1-893663-41-8 |
 | | Rice Poems by Nikky Finney 176 Pages, Published 2013 by Northwestern University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-6717-9, ISBN: 0-8101-6717-4 "... did in fact “make land” out of uncut forests, as well as make European landowners incredibly and indisputably rich. ... I was born in a tiny state that is half dipped in the sea, a place that in 1737 “look[ed] more like a negro country than a country settled by white people,” as a Swede, Samuel Dyssli, wrote. ... Whites often left the land and traveled back to Europe, unable to stand the South Carolina tropics." |
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