Aimee Nezhukumatathil
| Aimee Nezhukumatathil | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
December 1974 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Poet |
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes. Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give a unique perspective on love and loss, and the land.
Biography
Nezhukumatathil received her B.A. and M.F.A. from Ohio State University. She is an associate professor of English at the State University of New York - Fredonia.[1] She has also taught at the Kundiman retreat for Asian-American writers.[2]
She is author of three 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. Her most recent collection is Lucky Fish (2011), which won the 2011 Eric Hoffer Award for Books grand prize.
Among Nezhukumatathil's awards are a 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in poetry,[3] and a 2009 Pushcart Prize for the poem "Love in the Orangery." Her poems and essays have appeared in New Voices: Contemporary Poetry from the United States,[4] American Poetry Review, FIELD, Prairie Schooner, Black Warrior Review, Mid-American Review, and Tin House.[5]
She is married to fellow SUNY-Fredonia professor Dustin Parsons. They live in upstate New York with their two sons.
Works
- Fishbone, Snail's Pace Press, 2000
- One Bite, Ohio State University, 2000
- Miracle fruit: poems, Tupelo Press, 2003, ISBN 9780971031081
- At the Drive-in Volcano: Poems, Tupelo Press, Incorporated, 2007, ISBN 9781932195453
- Lucky Fish, Tupelo Press, Incorporated, 2011, ISBN 9781932195583
- Anthologies
- Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, ed. (2010). "What I learned from the Incredible Hulk". Seriously Funny: Poems About Love, Death, Religion, Art, Politics, Sex, and Everything Else. University of Georgia Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780820330877.
- Rachel Zucker, Arielle Greenberg, ed. (2010). "Overwinter". Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama’s First 100 Days. University of Iowa Press. p. 5. ISBN 9781587298714.
- John McNally, ed. (2007). "A History of Hair". When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School. Simon and Schuster,. pp. 96–108. ISBN 9781416539377.
References
- ↑ SUNY - Fredonia > English Department Faculty > Aimee Nezhukumatathil Bio
- ↑ Tupelo Press > Author Page > Nezhukumatathil
- ↑ National Endowment for the Arts > 2009 Grant Awards > Literature Fellowships - Poetry
- ↑ H.L. Hix, ed. (2008). New Voices: Contemporary Poetry from the United States. Irish Pages. ISBN 978-0-9544257-9-1.
- ↑ Tupelo Press > Author Page > Nezhukumatathil
External links
- Audio: Aimee Nezhukumatathil Reading for 'From the Fishouse
- Audio: Slate > Aimee Nezhukumatathil Reading Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia > Jan. 20, 2004
- Review: Third Coast > Review by Review by J. Gabriel Scala of Miracle Fruit
- Review: New Pages Book Reviews
- Review: South Asian Women's Network
- Review: Our Own Voice > October 2004 > Review by Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier of Miracle Fruit
- Review: Luna: A Journal of Poetry and Translation > May 19, 2007 > Review by Rigoberto González of At the Drive-in Volcano
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