{"product_id":"head-off-split-poems-paperback","title":"Head Off \u0026 Split: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikky Finney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2011 National Book Award for Poetry \u003cbr\u003e Winner, 2012 GCLS Award for Poetry \u003cbr\u003e Winner, 2012 SIBA Book Award for Poetry \u003cbr\u003e Nominee, 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in Nikky Finney's breathtaking new collection \u003ci\u003eHead Off \u0026amp; Split \u003c\/i\u003esustain 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 an intimacy that holds a soft yet exacting eye on the erotic, on uncanny political and family events, like her mother's wedding waltz with South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond, and then again on the heartbreaking hilarity of an American president's final State of the Union address. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eArtful and intense, Finney's poems ask us to be mindful of what we fraction, fragment, cut off, dice, dishonor, or throw away, powerfully evoking both the lawless and the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikky Finney was born at the rim of the Atlantic Ocean, in South Carolina, in 1957. The daughter of activists and educators, she began writing in the midst of the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements. With these instrumental eras circling her, Finney's work provides first-person literary accounts to some of the most important events in American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1985, and at the age of 26, Finney's debut collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003e On Wings Made of Gauze\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by William Morrow (a division of HaperCollins). Finney's next full-length collection of poetry and portraits, \u003ci\u003e RICE\u003c\/i\u003e (Sister Vision Press, 1995), was awarded the PEN America-Open Book Award, which was followed by a collection of short stories entitled Heartwood (University Press of Kentucky, 1998). Her next full-length poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe World Is Round\u003c\/i\u003e (Inner Light Books, 2003) was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award sponsored by the Independent Booksellers Association. In 2007, Finney edited the anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Georgia Press\/Cave Canem), which has become an essential compilation of contemporary African American writers. Her fourth full-length collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eHead Off \u0026amp; Split\u003c\/i\u003e, is a National Book Award Winner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinney and her work have been featured on Russell Simmons DEF Poetry (HBO series), renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson's feature \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Food\u003c\/i\u003e (a PBS production) and National Public Radio. Her work has been praised by Walter Mosley, Nikki Giovanni, Gloria Naylor and the late CBS\/60 Minutes news anchor Ed Bradley. Finney has held distinguished posts at Berea College as the Goode Chair in the Humanities and Smith College as the Grace Hazard Conklin Writer-in-Residence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinney is currently a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University Kentucky. She is a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757706576160,"sku":"9780810152168","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6ce851f07dc24a308c1bd70ca9ce746d.webp?v=1780109633","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/head-off-split-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}