The poems in Nikky Finney's breathtaking collection Head Off & Split sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina.
AwardsWinner of National Book Awards (Poetry) 2011. Commended for Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (Poetry) 2012.
Book InformationISBN 9780810152168
Author Nikky FinneyFormat Paperback
Page Count 116
Imprint Northwestern University PressPublisher Northwestern University Press
Weight(grams) 201g