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Finney, Nikky: - Nikky Finney is a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets and the John H.

Bennett, Jr.

, Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina.

She edited Black Poets Lean South and authored On Wings Made of Gauze, Rice , The World Is Round , Head Off & Split (winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry), and Love Childs Hotbed of Occasional Poetry .

Finneys work, including her now legendary National Book Award acceptance speech, is on display in the inaugural exhibition of the African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington, D.