'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The only daughter of an elementary school teacher and a civil rights attorney, Finney was raised in Sumter, South Carolina, where she attended Catholic and public schools. The World Is Round, Nikky Finney’s third volume of poetry, collects the wisps of memory we carry with us throughout our earthly lives and weaves them into deft and nuanced poems that emphasize. Finney illuminates the cruelties of the sometimes gawking, narrow-minded world and makes a plea for compassion inspired by our common humanity. Nikky Finney 1957 read poems by this poet Nikky Finney was born by the sea in 1957 in Conway, South Carolina. The poet’s vision of community requires understanding and tolerance from every breathing soul. The result is poems that range the gamut of human reach and resilience, fury and frailty. The World Is Round carries with it an implicit challenge-to the author as a poet, and to the reader as a fellow human-to see the characters and details and events of our lives with clarity, fearlessness, and love. The settings offer a view into the kaleidoscope of human experience: the sweetness and shock of family life, the omnipresent wash of memory, and the ebullience of warm Southern air. Finney illuminates the cruelties of the sometimes gawking, narrow-minded world and makes a plea for compassion inspired by our common humanity.The World Is Round, Nikky Finney’s third volume of poetry, collects the wisps of memory we carry with us throughout our earthly lives and weaves them into deft and nuanced poems that emphasize understanding the cycles of life. Purchase: Northwestern University Press // Amazon // IndieBoundįrom the publisher: The World Is Round, Nikky Finney’s third volume of poetry, collects the wisps of memory we carry with us throughout our earthly lives and weaves them into deft and nuanced poems that emphasize understanding the cycles of life. Trade Paper: 128 pages / 6.125 x 8.5 inches The World Is Round, Nikky Finneys third volume of poetry, collects the wisps of memory we carry with us throughout our earthly lives and weaves them into.

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