In the St. Louis cemetery, her tomb is easy to find: all the scratchings from bits of red brick. The one with packets of beans, roses snipped at the bud, small stacks and rolls of hoodoo money— gifts for love-wishes. Politicians and judges of New Orleans wondered when she’d chew a pepper and place the […]
“Those who eat fugu soup are stupid. Those who don’t eat fugu soup are also stupid.” –Japanese proverb Nothing good can come out of eating something named porcupine fish. It’s like playing Russian Roulette when you cook it— the pulse of toxin in its sweet little body can kill thirty men. But this is the […]
Aimee Nezhukumatathil talks about the first poem she ever wrote
Aimee Nezhukumatathil talks about her favorite writing time.
two poets Fishouse visitors should explore
Aimee Nezhukumatathil on the genesis of her poem Marie Laveau, Queen of Voodoo.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil with some advice to young writers.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Miracle Fruit (2003), on her current project.