Aimee Nezhukmatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is an Asian American poet born in Chicago. The author of three poetry collections, she was educated at Ohio State and is associate professor of English at SUNY-Fredonia. Her first book, Miracle Fruit won the 2003 Tupelo Press Prize. Her second, At the Drive-In Volcano received the Balcones Poetry Prize and the most recent, Lucky Fish received the Eric Hoffer Award for Books grand prize. All three are from Tupelo Press. Nezhukumatathil has also been awarded an NEA Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize.  "Small Murders" first appeared in Shenandoah 52/1.