Heartwood

" 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.

About the author

Nikky Finney is a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets and the John H. Bennett, Jr., Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina. She edited Black Poets Lean South and authored On Wings Made of Gauze, Rice, The World Is Round, Head Off & Split (winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry), and Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry. Finney's work, including her now legendary National Book Award acceptance speech, is on display in the inaugural exhibition of the African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

Product details

• Authors: Nikky Finney
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.1997
• EAN: 9780813109107
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-0910-7
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 217 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 91 g
• Series: New Books for New Readers
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature