The World Is Round A Collection of Poems and Prose |
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| Author:
| Finney, Nikky |
| Editor:
| Boyd, Valerie |
| Designed by:
| Lagrone, Roy |
| Photographer:
| Marshall-Linnemeier, Lynn
Meier, Tom |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9714890-4-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | InnerLight Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Poetry. African American Studies. Charged, visionary poems from Nikky Finney, published by InnerLight Publishing out of Atlanta, Georgia. "A poem, when it works, is a rolling realization of ideas and emotion that takes you somewhere you've never been. Nikky Finney does that for me. Every now and then, I find myself in a room with a stage and there she is, reading poems, pulling me out pf myself and bringing me home. THE WORLD IS ROUND opens all of my doors and windows and airs me out...
More DescriptionPoetry. African American Studies. Charged, visionary poems from Nikky Finney, published by InnerLight Publishing out of Atlanta, Georgia. "A poem, when it works, is a rolling realization of ideas and emotion that takes you somewhere you've never been. Nikky Finney does that for me. Every now and then, I find myself in a room with a stage and there she is, reading poems, pulling me out pf myself and bringing me home. THE WORLD IS ROUND opens all of my doors and windows and airs me out with a cold and truthful wind"--Walter Mosley. "It is 1963 and I am a Black girl / in the South. One thing is for certain: / I do not trust white men"-from "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.