Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four collections of poetry, Oceanic (Copper Canyon Press, 2018); Lucky Fish (Tupelo Press, 2011); At the Drive-In Volcano (Tupelo Press, 2007), winner of the Balcones Prize; and Miracle Fruit (Tupelo Press, 2003), winner of the ForeWord Magazine Poetry Book of the Year and the Global Filipino Literary Award. She is also the author of a forthcoming book of illustrated nature essays, World of Wonder (Milkweed Editions, 2018). Her most recent chapbook is Lace & Pyrite (Organic Weapons Arts, 2014), a collaboration with poet Ross Gay. She is poetry editor of Orion magazine and teaches creative writing and environmental literature as a professor of English in the MFA program at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.