“A poet of resonance and fierceness.” —Publisher’s Weekly
Andover’s 2024 Isham Fellow in Poetry, Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Oceanic; a chapbook of poetry co-written with Ross Gay; and the illustrated nature essay collection World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments—a New York Times bestseller and Barnes and Noble’s 2020 Book of the Year. Her honors include poetry fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Mississippi Arts Council grant, and the Gold Medal award in Poetry from the Independent Publishers Book Awards.
Nezhukumatathil, a professor of English and creative writing in the University of Mississippi’s MFA program, is also poetry editor for Sierra Magazine, the storytelling arm of the Sierra Club. Her book of food essays, Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees, was just published in April.
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