Lexington poet Nikky Finney wins the National Book Award for poetry in tonight’s ceremony in New York City.
Finney, an Affrilachian poet, teaches at the University of Kentucky. Her prize-winning collection is Head Off & Split.
Read Bianca Spriggs’s March 17, 2011 Ace coverstory and interview with Nikky Finney here
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