Iimani David

Iimani David
Born (1969-12-15) December 15, 1969
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation Novelist, President of The New York Literary Society
Nationality American
Genre Fiction, surrealist, postmodern
Website
www.iimanidavid.com

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

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

Novels

  • The Bastard[3] (2012)
  • Anathema Rhodes: Dreams[4] (2009)

Short stories

  • the store, (2010)
  • Boogieyakka, (2009) [5]
  • 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) [6]
  • Slacker Nation, (date unknown) [7]
  • Baby-eater, (date unknown) [8]
  • When Women Were Ladies, (date unknown) [9]

Anthologies

  • 1969, (2017) - Poetry release with poems from 1994 through 2015

Poems

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ ForeWord Magazine Archived October 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ The New York Literary Society
  3. ↑ Library of Congress
  4. ↑ Library of Congress
  5. ↑ Anathema Rhodes - Bibliography page
  6. ↑ Anathema Rhodes - Bibliography page
  7. ↑ Anathema Rhodes - Bibliography page
  8. ↑ The Bastard - Bibliography page
  9. ↑ The Bastard - Bibliography page
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