Iimani David
Iimani David 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. He is the President of The New York Literary Society.Selected works
Novels
- The Bastard
- Anathema Rhodes: Dreams
Short stories
- I Am Per,
- the store,
- Boogieyakka,
- Dead Body,
- A Terribly Awful Thing - renamed Pathetique,
- Incidents at Willow Ridge,
- My Dream of the Hole, - Appears in Anathema Rhodes
- Max Andersson,
- Slacker Nation,
- Baby-eater,
- When Women Were Ladies,
Anthologies
- Three Gymnopédies for Literature, - Short Story Collection
- 1969, - Poetry release with poems from 1994 through 2015
Poems
- You Are, - Appears unfinished in Rhapsodies
- Black Doves, - Appears in Rhapsodies
- Bloodstains, - Appears in The Bastard
- Dark Crevices, - Appears in Anathema Rhodes
- Cut Roses, - Appears in Descendants of Caine
Artistic Influences
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.
