About Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four books of poetry, most recently, Oceanic. With Ross Gay, she co-authored Lace & Pyrite, a chapbook of nature poems. She is the poetry editor of Orion magazine and her poems have twice appeared in the Best American Poetry series, American Poetry Review, New England Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, and Tin House. Awards for her writing include an NEA Fellowship in poetry and the Pushcart Prize. She is professor of English at the University of Mississippi’s MFA program. World of Wonder, her collection of illustrated nature essays, is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions.
Bite By Bite
Nourishments and Jamborees
“Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Bite by Bite is an intimate invitation to come sit at her table; each essay is studded with richly rendered traditions and unexpected anecdotes that range from tender to hilarious to downright devastating. A feast of a collection.” ―Elizabeth Acevedo
“Over the years, Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s writing has fed me in ways I didn’t even know were possible. So it is appropriate, then, that she has now turned her attention to the world of food, which she writes about with such remarkable dexterity… It uses food to talk about what it means to be human—to love, to learn, to laugh, to lose. Nezhukumatathil’s writing has changed the way I look at food, and made me infinitely more grateful for those whom I share it with. I love this book.” ―Clint Smith
World of Wonders
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Barnes and Noble Book of the Year
New York Times Bestseller
Kirkus Prize Finalist for Nonfiction
An NPR Best Book of 2020
“Within two pages, nature writing feels different and fresh and new…The voice that emerges from the pages is charming and thoughtful.” –The New York Times
“The writing dazzles with the marvel of being fully alive.” –Kirkus (starred review)
“Should the wonderful David Attenborough ever retire, my hope is someone at BBC has read the work of Aimee Nezhukumatathil…What a lovely book this is…quietly subversive in the way she channels its gusts of joy.” ―Literary Hub
Exploring the Depths of Imagination with Writing Classes in Greece: A Collection of Written Works
Oceanic
“Nezhukumatathil’s poems contain elegant twists of a very sharp knife. She writes about the natural world and how we live in it, filling each poem, each page with a true sense of wonder.” ―Roxane Gay
“Reading Nezhukumatathil’s poems is a practice in keenly observing life’s details. The poet writes with a romantic sensibility about a world saturated with a deep sense of loss. Recommended fo
LUCKY FISH
“Nezhukumatathil’s poems contain elegant twists of a very sharp knife. She writes about the natural world and how we live in it, filling each poem, each page with a true sense of wonder.” ―Roxane Gay
“Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s third book affirms her reputation as one of the master miners of the curios fact in science, history, nature and culture. With unparalleled ease, she’s able to weav
At the Drive in Volcano
“Tight, economical poems that contain just the right amount of darkness and elegance…these poems are extravagant and accessible, fresh and funny.” congenial and sharp.” –Judges Citation, 2007 Balcones Prize
“…A witty (and funny) knack of juxtaposing things into charming unfamiliarity, and lovely, truth-telling musicality.” –The North American Review