There must be something in the water Aimee Nezhukumatathil is drinking, as the poet is three for three when it comes to prize-winning publications. Beginning in 2003 with her collection Miracle Fruit, and most recently with her aptly titled 2011 release, Lucky Fish, the bard has established herself as a writer worth watching — and reading. The literary community agrees. Nezhukumatathil’s long list of professional achievements includes a Pushcart Prize and National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Known for accessible, straightforward verse informed by her Indian, Filipino and American backgrounds, Nezhukumatathil pens poems that take readers from science and nature to love and loss.
