Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is a popular Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes. Nezhukumatathil regularly draws upon her Filipino and Keralan background to give a unique perspective on love and loss and, of course, the land. She is the author of the poetry collections, [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1932195459 At the Drive-In Volcano] and "Miracle Fruit" (2003, winner of the [https://www.tupelopress.org/indexssl.shtml/ Tupelo Press Prize)] . "Miracle Fruit" was also named ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year in poetry, co-winner of the [http://www.oovrag.com/poems/poems2005a.shtml/ Global Filipino Literary Award,] and finalist for the Asian American Literary Award and the [http://shenandoah.wlu.edu/glasgow.html/ Glasgow Prize] from [http://shenandoah.wlu.edu/current.html/ Shenandoah magazine.] She is an associate professor of English at [http://ww1.fredonia.edu/ State University of New York at Fredonia.]

Links to her poetry online

*Several poems and live recordings at [http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/aimee_nezhukumatathil/index.shtml/ The Fishouse]

Reviews of Nezhukumatathil's work

* [http://www.wmich.edu/thirdcoast/Book_Reviews/Miracle-Fruit.htm "Third Coast"] magazine
* [http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/archive/reviews/miraclefruit.htm New Pages Book Reviews]
* [http://www.sawnet.org/books/reviews.php?Miracle+Fruit South Asian Women's Network]
* [http://www.oovrag.com/essays/essay2004c-4.shtml Our Own Voice]
* [http://lunapoetry.blogspot.com/2007/05/review-at-drive-in-volcano.html Luna Poetry]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2094134/ Slate]


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