Poet and educator
Nikky Finney
Kentucky · Lexington
Nikky Finney taught at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Her poetry explores family and historical memory, and Head Off & Split won the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry.
On the shelves
Books in the collection
Poetry
Head Off & Split
Nikky Finney
Finney’s poems move between family, public history, and the language that mediates what people see.
Poetry
Rice
Nikky Finney
Rice ties family stories and foodways to Black Southern histories of labor and survival.
From the Lyric
Continue the story
Reading notes / 01
Black Appalachian voices
Poems, recipes, and stories rooted in Kentucky and the places writers carry with them.
Read Black Appalachian voicesReading notes / 02
Kentucky Black Writers
Poetry, fiction, memoir, and essays by writers with documented Kentucky ties.
Read Kentucky Black WritersReading notes / 03
Reading at the Lyric
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