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Tupelo PressAimee Nezhukumatathil
BiographyAimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of At the Drive-In Volcano. Her previous book of poetry, Miracle Fruit (2003), won the the Tupelo Press Prize, the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award in poetry, and the Global Filipino Award. Her poetry and essays have been widely anthologized and have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Black Warrior Review, FIELD, Mid-American Review, and Tin House. She has been a faculty member at the Kundiman retreat for Asian-American writers and has given readings and workshops from Amsterdam to San Francisco. She is associate professor of English at State University of New York-Fredonia, where she is a recipient of the campus-wide Hagan Young Scholar Award and the SUNY Chancellor's Medal for Scholarly and Creative Activities.AwardsThe 2007 Balcones Poetry Prize was awarded for At the Drive-in Volcano. Pushcart Prize (2008) for “Love in the Orangery” Glasgow Prize and the Asian-American Literary Award Finalist (2004) ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award in Poetry (2003) for Miracle Fruit Second Annual Tupelo Press Poetry Contest Judge's Prize for Miracle Fruit (2001) James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry (2001) LinksOn YouTube you can see and hear Hektor Munoz reading the poem “Aanabhranbdhanmar Means ‘Mad About Elephants’” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, from her Tupelo book Miracle Fruit). Praise for this amazing poem is also sung by Sandhya Nankani on the Sepia Mutiny site, where Sandhya pairs the poem with images from photographer Palani Mohan’s book, Vanishing Giants: Elephants of Asia.Read Aimee's conversation with Brian Brodeur at his How a Poem Happens site. Critical Mass, the always interesting blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors, is currently featuring Aimee Nezhukumatathil in its small press spotlight. Be sure to read down through the Calendar Poetica below the stunning photo of the author (thanks, Marion Ettlinger!). Aimee’s Calendar offers a fascinating, entertaining and wholy inspiring journey through her year as a writer, teacher and new mom. Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Sandra Beasley were guests on the 4/23/08 episode of the Moe Green Poetry Hour, hosted by Rafael Alvarado. If you missed it, a podcast of the show is available. Aimee Nezhukumatathil's poem “After Challenging Jennifer Lee to a Fight” from At the Drive-In Volcano was read by Garrison Keillor for Writer's Almanac on public radio. If you missed it, you can still hear him read the poem (Real Audio required) at The Writer's Almanac Website. Aimee Nezhukumatathil made us blush when she wrote about the experience of being published: I know everyone talks about the tactile feel of their book, the weight of it, in a very drama-filled rhapsody and I wish I could say something different, but I tell you, if you have never held a Tupelo book, you are missing out on one of the highest production qualities of any poetry book I have simply ever seen. The satinsilk matte cover with French flaps — it was a dream come true right there in my hands.You can read the rest of her description of the publication experience here AimeeNez.net Barrow Street Reviews of Aimee Nezhukumatathil's Miracle Fruit Reviews of Aimee Nezhukumatathil's At the Drive-In Volcano Tupelo Press |