![]() ![]() She was previously a professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Education, Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ![]() Brown is a former resident of Champaign-Urbana whose foundational work in the community includes programs like Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT) and Black Girl Genius Week. Bennett, Jr., Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters at University of South Carolina, is a chancellor of the American Academy of Poets and was recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.įinney will be joined by Ruth Nicole Brown, chairperson of the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University, for the CultureTalk event. Her new collection of poems, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry, was released in 2020. ![]() Influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements, as well as her parents’ social activism, Finney has penned six books, including On Wings Made of Gauze, Rice, The World is Round and Head Off & Split, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will host award-winning poet Nikky Finney on campus for two evening events: a CultureTalk on April 19 and poetry reading and book signing on April 20. ![]() Align image left align image center align image rightįor more information or photos, please contact: ![]()
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