Emerging Writers
Showcasing the graduate student talent of NYU’s Creative Writing Program, the readings feature an established writer as a special guest.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of two books of poetry: Miracle Fruit, and most recently At the Drive-In Volcano.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of two books of poetry: Miracle Fruit, and most recently At the Drive-In Volcano.
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KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery
Aimee Nezhukumatathil was born in Chicago to a Filipina mother and a South Indian father. She is the author of At the Drive-In Volcano, winner of the Balcones Prize, and Miracle Fruit, which won Foreword Magazine's Poetry Book of the Year Award and was chosen by Gregory Orr for the Tupelo Press First Book Prize. Miracle Fruit was also named co-winner of the Global Filipino Literary Award. She is now associate professor of English at State University of New York-Fredonia, where she teaches creative writing and environmental literature.
