Happy birthday Nikky Finney! Born August 26, Nikky Finney is an award winning African American poet. She was the Guy Davenport Endowed Professor of English at the University of Kentucky for twenty years. In 2013, she accepted a position at the University of South Carolina as the John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair in Southern Letters and Literature. Her collection of poems, Head Off & Split received the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. Other notable works are:
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 