{"product_id":"heartwood-9780813109107","title":"Heartwood","description":"\" Deep in the center of every tree, you'll find the heartwood. The characters in this new book by poet Nikky Finney are the heartwood of their small Kentucky communities. You'll meet Buck Jones and Mae Bennet, whose anger has twisted them up inside, Queenie Sims and Arizona Scott, who can see the good in people, and Trina Sims and Jenny Bryan, two young women who discover how much they are alike despite their different skin color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinney, Nikky:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNikky Finney \u003c\/b\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003eBlack Poets Lean South \u003c\/i\u003eand authored \u003ci\u003eOn Wings Made of Gauze, Rice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World Is Round\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHead Off \u0026amp; Split\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry), and \u003ci\u003eLove Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Finney's 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.C.","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556498149650,"sku":"9780813109107","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de26e3e3-2581-426a-b0be-2dc58e8ff16a.jpg?v=1731755257","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/heartwood-9780813109107","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}