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Kentucky poet Nikky Finney Finalist for National Book Award, Poetry

University of Kentucky student multimedia site Bluecoast Live reports that Affrilachian poet Nikky Finney is a finalist for the National Book Award for poetry.

A professor at UK, Finney was featured on the March 17 cover of Ace, in a coverstory by Bianca Spriggs, when her new book, Head Off and Split, was released.

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