Iimani David
Iimani David | |
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 David - Literary Impressionist Author | |
| Born | December 15, 1969 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, President of The New York Literary Society |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Fiction, surrealist, postmodern |
| Website | |
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Iimani David (born December 15, 1969) is an American poet and author of literary fiction whose novels and short stories are often branded as an extreme form of impressionism and are known for their sociopolitical commentary and metaphysical bent.
Biography[edit]
David was born in New York City in 1969. He owned a poetry club in Brooklyn, Cafe Iimani's, from 2000 to 2006. David is best known for his work Anathema Rhodes: Dreams which was nominated in 2009 for book of the year by ForeWord Magazine.[1] He is the President of The New York Literary Society.[2]
Selected works[edit]
Novels[edit]
Short stories[edit]
- I Am Per, (2019)
- the store, (2010)
- Boogieyakka, (2009) [4]
- Dead Body, (2009)
- A Terribly Awful Thing - renamed Pathetique, (2007)
- Incidents at Willow Ridge, (1999)
- My Dream of the Hole, (1998) - Appears in Anathema Rhodes
- Max Andersson, (date unknown) [4]
- Slacker Nation, (date unknown) [4]
- Baby-eater, (date unknown) [3]
- When Women Were Ladies, (date unknown) [3]
Anthologies[edit]
- Three Gymnopédies for Literature, (2019) - Short Story Collection
- 1969, (2017) - Poetry release with poems from 1994 through 2015
Poems[edit]
- You Are, (2009) - Appears unfinished in Rhapsodies (1999)
- Black Doves, (1999) - Appears in Rhapsodies
- Bloodstains, (1998) - Appears in The Bastard
- Dark Crevices, (1995) - Appears in Anathema Rhodes
- Cut Roses, (1994) - Appears in Descendants of Caine
Artistic Influences[edit]
David claims his works are more influenced by filmmakers than literary figures and cites the early works of Roman Polanski, David Lynch, and Krzysztof Kieslowski as sources of inspiration.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ ForeWord Magazine Archived October 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine "pay for a review"
- ↑ The New York Literary Society nylscares.org
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 David, Iimani (June 2012). The Bastard. New York Literary Society. ISBN 978-0-9823491-1-3. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 David, Iimani (November 2009). Rhodes: Dreams. New York Literary Society. ISBN 978-0-9823491-0-6. Search this book on
- ↑ David, Iimani Goodreads
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- Writers from Brooklyn
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- African-American novelists
- 21st-century American poets
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- American male poets
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- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- African-American poets
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- African-American male writers
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