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Nikky Finney wins National Book Award for Poetry
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 …
Kentucky author George Ella Lyon in New York Times
Kentucky children's book author George Ella Lyon was recently featured in the New York Times Sunday Book Review in the article, Protest Songs for Young Dissenters. Her book,
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
Ed McClanahan Reader hits shelves
This article appears on page 6 of the October 13 print edition of Ace. It is the author's narrative behind-the-scenes of his new book. photo by Ace: the Author
Why We Bought a Bookstore, by Crystal Wilkinson
This guest essay by author Crystal Wilkinson appears on page 4 of the Aug 25 print edition of Ace. Photo by Kakie Urch.Brick. Mortar. Ink. Paper: Why
People’s Poet Nikky Finney 03.18.2011
BY BIANCA SPRIGGS I remember my first time seeing Nikky Finney read her poems. I was nineteen years old and had just started to put together pieces of poems
Accents Publishing Release March 3rd
Accents Publishing and the Poezia Writing Group would like to invite everyone who appreciates poetry to join in a celebration on March 3, 2011 at 6:30 pm in
Joseph-Beth Booksellers announced re-structuring under Chapter 11
The Joseph-Beth Group (with its first store founded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1986), has announced re-structuring under Chapter 11, though owner Neil Van Uum reports the flagship Lexington
National Novel Writing Month
This story appears on page 4 of the November 11 edition of Ace.BY BIANCA SPRIGGS A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.—Franz KafkaIn
Kentucky Great Writers: Holly Goddard Jones at Carnegie Center
The Kentucky Great Writers Series connects Carnegie Center students with authors in an intimate atmosphere. Tonight's event starts at 7 pm (October 12), at the Carnegie






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