Comments on: Pencilfrying with Nikky Finney

By: Evelyn N. Alfred

Evelyn N. Alfred — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:44:14 +0000

I’m digging this poem. It makes me want to get the whole collection.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:41:45 +0000

Hi Debbie, thanks for stopping by! I’m such a fan of Finney’s work and I’m so glad to hear that she’s a terrific teacher too.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:48:52 +0000

I took a couple of Nikky Finney’s creative writing classes, and let me say she is genius…great at what she does, but also in how she can bring out the best in a writer. U.K. wants their muse back!

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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:16:53 +0000

[...] The Bottom of Heaven: Examining Nikky Finney’s “The Blackened Alphabet.” [...]

By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:23:14 +0000

Some viddles, ha! Thanks for stopping by, Zetta and Thinking Aloud.

By: Thinking Aloud

Thinking Aloud — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:07:24 +0000

I was not familiar with this poet, but your review made me want to grab this book and read her poems, and enter the kitchen and cook up some viddles.

By: Zetta Elliott

Zetta Elliott — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:19:46 +0000

Nikky Finney is so amazing…she insists *I* am a poet, and has always been welcoming, encouraging…we brought her to Mt Holyoke and the students were floored by her genius, her humility, her “touch” when it comes to our difficult history…Smith College is very lucky to have her–great choice, Claudia!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:56:32 +0000

True nerds, unite! Thanks for the great response, susan!!!! And Doret, you’ve still got a few more days: LOL @ the hotness of your pencil!

By: Doret

Doret — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:36:48 +0000

Every one is finding their poem but me. Though I do look forward to reading Susan’s scathing critique.
That old school skillet looks like it good fry up some good chicken

I love pencilfrying. I wonder how you test the hotness of your pencil?

By: susan

susan — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:24:24 +0000

Oh, I’m a grinning silly-wide. As soon as I saw her name, I was screaming! Am I a true nerd or what?! I have The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South and I swear this is the only time I will name drop here but I met both Eady and Dericotte prior to them forming Cave Canem (one huge benefit of attending a small, liberal college is meeting folks like these poets/academics and you the audience is small and the affair is intimate) and I am very proud to say I own a few of their earliest CC anthologies.

Oh, this really lifts me up and I need it because I’m ready to explode with a scathing critique of popular teen book and I’m trying hard to think how I’m going to write this and readers will actually hear me instead of dismissing me as being overly, unnecessarily critical.