Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

A Deep and Curious Imagination

A Deep and Curious Imagination Nikky Finney Appalachian Heritage, Volume 34, Number 2, Spring 2006, p. 26 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2006.0049 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/432294/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 18:20 GMT from JHU Libraries FEATURED AUTHOR—CRYSTAL WILKINSON Nikky Finney I have seen Crystal Wilkinson scribble down her beautiful stories at stop lights and in the aisles of grocery stores and at kitchen tables tow- ering with dishes and pots steadily calling her name. I have watched her raise her children with one hand and hold tight to her writing pen with the other. I have seen her fend off doubt from others and doubt from herself and all other negatives that float around in the world. I have marveled at her concentration and her diligence as the phone rings, as the cat needs to go outside, as the rent is due, as students raise their hands needing her attention, as ice storms come and go. She loves adventure. She does not mind getting lost because around every cor- ner is something new to think about and a new character to imagine. She loves to get in her car and just drive herself http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

A Deep and Curious Imagination

Finney, Nikky.
Appalachian Review , Volume 34 (2) – Jan 8, 2014
Download PDF
2 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/university-of-north-carolina-press/a-deep-and-curious-imagination-T5ltta2452

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Copyright
Copyright © Berea College
ISSN
2692-9244
eISSN
2692-9287

Abstract

Nikky Finney Appalachian Heritage, Volume 34, Number 2, Spring 2006, p. 26 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2006.0049 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/432294/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 18:20 GMT from JHU Libraries FEATURED AUTHOR—CRYSTAL WILKINSON Nikky Finney I have seen Crystal Wilkinson scribble down her beautiful stories at stop lights and in the aisles of grocery stores and at kitchen tables tow- ering with dishes and pots steadily calling her name. I have watched her raise her children with one hand and hold tight to her writing pen with the other. I have seen her fend off doubt from others and doubt from herself and all other negatives that float around in the world. I have marveled at her concentration and her diligence as the phone rings, as the cat needs to go outside, as the rent is due, as students raise their hands needing her attention, as ice storms come and go. She loves adventure. She does not mind getting lost because around every cor- ner is something new to think about and a new character to imagine. She loves to get in her car and just drive herself

Journal

Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2014

There are no references for this article.