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'''Aimee Nezhukumatathil''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|m|i|_|n|ə|ˌ|z|u|k|u|m|ə|ˈ|t|ɒ|t|ɪ|l}};<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Nezhukumatathil, Aimee|date=2016-09-01|title=Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Letter to the Northern Lights"|medium= |language=en|url=https://soundcloud.com/poets-org/aimee-nezhukumatathil-letter-to-the-northern-lights|access-date=2021-02-14|publisher=Academy of American Poets}}</ref> born in [[Chicago, Illinois]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[poet]] and essayist. Nezhukumatathil draws upon her [[Filipino people|Filipina]] and [[Malayali]] Indian background to give her perspective on love, loss, and land.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Nezhukumatathil received her BA and MFA from the [[Ohio State University]]. In 2016–17 she was the John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the [[University of Mississippi]]'s MFA program. She has also taught at the [[Kundiman Retreat]] for Asian American writers.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tupelopress.org/nezhuk.shtml|title=Tupelo Press > Author Page > Nezhukumatathil|accessdate=Aug 29, 2019}}</ref> She is professor of English in the University of Mississippi's MFA program. She is married to the writer Dustin Parsons. They live in [[Oxford, Mississippi]], with their two sons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aimee Nezhukumatathil {{!}} Extended Bio|url=http://aimeenez.net/extended-bio/|access-date=2019-01-22|website=aimeenez.net}}</ref><br />
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==Work==<br />
She is author of four poetry collections. Her first collection, ''Miracle Fruit'', won the 2003 Tupelo Press Prize and the Global Filipino Literary Award in Poetry, was named the ''ForeWord Magazine'' Book of the Year in Poetry, and was a finalist for the [[Asian American Literary Award]] and the Glasgow Prize. Her second, ''At the Drive-In Volcano'', won the 2007 Balcones Poetry Prize. With [[Ross Gay]], in 2014 she co-authored the epistolary nature chapbook, ''Lace & Pyrite''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-29|title=Our Wholeness, Our Togetherness: A Conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil & Ross Gay|url=https://aaww.org/our-wholeness-our-togetherness-a-conversation-with-aimee-nezhukumatathil-ross-gay/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Asian American Writers' Workshop|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Oceanic'' was published in 2018 by [[Copper Canyon Press]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/oceanic-by-aimee-nezhukumatathil/|title=Copper Canyon Press: Oceanic, poetry by Aimee Nezhukumatathil|website=www.coppercanyonpress.org|accessdate=Aug 29, 2019}}</ref> and won the 2019 [[Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters]] award for poetry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=on Oceanic by Aimee Nezhukumatathil – The Georgia Review|url=https://thegeorgiareview.com/posts/on-oceanic-by-aimee-nezhukumatathil/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=thegeorgiareview.com|language=en-US}}</ref> She is also the author of the ''New York Times'' bestselling book of essays ''World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments'', which was published in 2020 by [[Milkweed Editions]] and was a Barnes & Noble Book of the Year, as well as an NPR 2020 Best Book of the Year.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aimee-nezhukumatathil/world-of-wonders-fireflies/|title=WORLD OF WONDERS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Jan. 17, 2021 - The New York Times|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/01/17/hardcover-nonfiction/|access-date=2021-05-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://milkweed.org/book/world-of-wonders|title=World of Wonders|date=2020-01-15|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Of her process, Nezhukumatathil has stated: "I never set out to write a book—even after 4 books, I still find that prospect daunting. Instead, I focus on the individual poems, getting those done week after week. And sometimes some quiet times in between too."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nezhukumatathil|first=Aimee|date=2019-05-15|title=INTERVIEW WITH Aimee Nezhukumatathil|url=https://fourwayreview.com/interview-with-aimee-nezhukumatathil/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=FOUR WAY REVIEW|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Among Nezhukumatathil's awards are a 2020 [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in poetry, a Mississippi Arts Commission Fellowship grant, inclusion in the ''Best American Poetry'' series, a 2009 [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Literature Fellowship in poetry,<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/09grants/litFellows.html National Endowment for the Arts > 2009 Grant Awards > Literature Fellowships - Poetry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711092401/http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/09grants/litFellows.html |date=2009-07-11 }}</ref> and a Pushcart Prize for the poem "Love in the Orangery". Her poems and essays have appeared in ''New Voices: Contemporary Poetry from the United States'',<ref>{{cite book| title=New Voices: Contemporary Poetry from the United States | editor= H.L. Hix | editor-link= H.L. Hix | publisher= [[Irish Pages]] | year=2008| isbn=978-0-9544257-9-1}}<br />
</ref> ''[[The American Poetry Review]]'', ''FIELD'', ''[[Prairie Schooner]]'', ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]]'', ''[[New England Review]]'', and ''[[Tin House]]''.<ref name="auto"/> Nezhukumatathil serves as poetry editor for ''[[Orion (magazine)|Orion]]'' magazine.<br />
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==Books==<br />
*''Fishbone'', Snail's Pace Press, 2000 (chapbook)<br />
*''One Bite'', Ohio State University, 2000 (MFA thesis) <br />
*''Miracle Fruit: poems'', [[Tupelo Press]], 2003, {{ISBN|9780971031081}}<br />
*''At the Drive-in Volcano: Poems'', [[Tupelo Press]], 2007, {{ISBN|9781932195453}} <br />
*''Lucky Fish'', [[Tupelo Press]], 2011, {{ISBN|9781932195583}} <br />
*''Lace & Pyrite'', (with Ross Gay) Ow Arts Press, 2014 {{ISBN|9780982710678}}<br />
*''Oceanic'', [[Copper Canyon Press]], 2018 {{ISBN|9781556595264}}<br />
*''World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments'', [[Milkweed Editions]], 2020, {{ISBN|1571313656}}<br />
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*{{cite book|title=Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology |editor=Melissa Tuckey |publisher= University of Georgia Press|year= 2018|isbn=978-0820353159}}<br />
*{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLJErZ9sjXYC&q=Aimee%20Nezhukumatathil&pg=PA19|chapter=What I learned from the Incredible Hulk|title=Seriously Funny: Poems About Love, Death, Religion, Art, Politics, Sex, and Everything Else |editor1=Barbara Hamby |editor2=David Kirby |publisher= University of Georgia Press|page=19|year= 2010|isbn=9780820330877 }}<br />
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/startingtoday1000000unse|url-access=registration|quote=Aimee Nezhukumatathil.|chapter=Overwinter|title=Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days |editor1= Rachel Zucker |editor2=Arielle Greenberg |publisher= University of Iowa Press|year= 2010|isbn= 9781587298714 |page=[https://archive.org/details/startingtoday1000000unse/page/5 5]}}<br />
*{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T97Q0SyD9bwC&q=Aimee%20Nezhukumatathil&pg=PA96|chapter=A History of Hair|title=When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School |editor=John McNally|publisher =Simon and Schuster |year=2007|isbn=9781416539377 |pages=96–108}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://soundcloud.com/poets-org/aimee-nezhukumatathil-letter-to-the-northern-lights Audio: Aimee Nezhukumatathil reads "Letter to the Northern Lights" for Academy of American Poets]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060630023010/http://fishousepoems.org/archives/aimee_nezhukumatathil/index.shtml Audio: Aimee Nezhukumatathil Reading for 'From the Fishouse'']<br />
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2094134/ Audio: ''Slate'' > Aimee Nezhukumatathil Reading ''Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia'' > Jan. 20, 2004]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050902141227/http://www.wmich.edu/thirdcoast/Book_Reviews/Miracle-Fruit.htm Review: ''Third Coast'' > Review by Review by J. Gabriel Scala of ''Miracle Fruit'']<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060323081745/http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/archive/reviews/miraclefruit.htm Review: ''New Pages Book Reviews'']<br />
* [http://www.sawnet.org/books/reviews.php?Miracle+Fruit Review: South Asian Women's Network]<br />
* [http://www.oovrag.com/essays/essay2004c-4.shtml Review: ''Our Own Voice'' > October 2004 > Review by Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier of ''Miracle Fruit'']<br />
* [http://lunapoetry.blogspot.com/2007/05/review-at-drive-in-volcano.html Review: ''Luna: A Journal of Poetry and Translation'' > May 19, 2007 > Review by Rigoberto González of ''At the Drive-in Volcano'']<br />
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