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Aimee Nezhukumatathil

@nezhukumatathil.bsky.social
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🇵🇭🇮🇳 roller-skater since I was ten • school supplies • gardens • bioluminescence • axolotls • Buckeye • NYT bestselling author • NIGHT OWL (Ecco, Spring 26) aimeenez.net

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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NYC! See you with these incredible poets at @poetshouse.bsky.social Friday night 10/2! poetshouse.org/event/new-wo...
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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
(46/61) “Clicks of the keyboard sound like high heels walking / nowhere in particular.” — @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social, “Firefly Ars Poetica” (Night Owl) Ecco #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets
The cover of Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Night Owl: a painting of two trees reflecting in the water against a sunset and a dark-blue sky speckled with stars
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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil Answers the Orion Questionnaire - Orion Magazine
In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.
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Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Society collapses if we forget we are all part of a community” Aimee Nezhukumatathil #hope #joy
Aimee Nezhukumatathil at the Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy on August 21, 2026. Rainbow backdrop and colorful trees framing her presentation.
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Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.com · 22/08/2026
Andy Weir is launching an audio drama banner with Audible, and the first project out of the gate is Exoplanet, written by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social and starring Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose, and John Leguizamo. I spoke with both of them about how it came about and what to expect:
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Andy Weir is producing Exoplanet, an audio drama for Audible
Benjamin Percy wrote the story, which stars Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose, and John Leguizamo
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
my best vid in a while
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TONIGHT the Aimieey Trifecta reads our poems! Please join us, even if your name isn't Amie! Link to register here - it's free! On the zoom! 6pm ET August 20! www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphoresce...
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff!
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 08/08/2026
The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.
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A ghost ship with a crew of cats? Empty boat near Tacoma beach full of mews
The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.
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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Longtime friend of Orion @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social is a New York Times bestselling author, a firefly lover, and a poet. But did you know she was also the mascot in high school? This and other delightful illuminations in the Orion Questionnaire. orionmagazine.org/article/aime...
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil Answers the Orion Questionnaire
In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County.
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Dear Rocky Mountain National Park, I’ll never get over you
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I feel like this would heal a lot of us 😅
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s out and in the wild! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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10 hot books to read in July, cool new releases from Colson Whitehead and more
From the highly anticipated conclusion to Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy to a new memoir from the author of 'Silver Linings Playbook,' here are 10 must-read books hitting shelves this July.
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
From @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social's book, Lucky Fish. Published by the lovely @tupelopress.bsky.social #poem #booksky #writing
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Michelle Kraft @mnkraft.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#SealeyChallenge Day 2/31: Night Owl by @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social I love immersing myself in the beauty of Nezhukumatathil's writing. I’m starting to see a theme emerging in the poems I flag as favorites. My favorites are “Firefly Ars Poetica,” “Solar Eclipse,” and “Why I Hate Deadlines.”
A hardcover copy of Night Owl: Poems by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

The book is propped up on a wooden table with a plant in the background.
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I myself am a night owl and I’ve been reading Aimee’s wise and beautiful poems before going to bed. Treat yourself and buy this book!
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I guess after two books of essays, I felt some kind of way about returning to stanzas 😂😅! Here’s a sampling of what I’ve been up to in NIGHT OWL, my newest poetry collection:
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps
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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is the best poetry collection I’ve read in a long time! The diction, the themes, the structure of both poems and the collection as a whole…magnificent! This is a library copy, but I’m buying my own today to annotate. Thank you @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social for this shining gift of a book 📖🌖
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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Just finished Night Owl by @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social & now it's one of my favorite collections of poetry. Her poems have brought laughter, tears, a sense of wonder & seeing the world anew. It is gloriously transcendent in tenderness and wisdom.
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Gravy 100 is coming!! Subscribers will get this "best of" the last decade issue at no extra cost. Head over to hubcity.org/books/gravy to subscribe today or preorder the individual issue. Reply with your favorite emoji below to entered to win a free copy of the issue!
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Rosalind Bentley
Ravi Howard
Deesha Philyaw
John Kessler
Sandra Beasley
Reyes Ramirez
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
& others!
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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Many thanks to The Missouri Review for featuring my upcoming essay collection, MY HUNGRY GHOSTS, in their newsletter today! (You can preorder a copy here: blairpub.com/shop/p/my-hu...) @blairpub.bsky.social
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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Super beautiful Hopkins rose nudibranch, tidepooling this morning at Asilomar! 🌊
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Tomato season and blaring “Dancing On My Own,” on the highway— INJECT THAT INTO MY VEINS! 🍅
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Jacqui @heajacq.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Next time that happens, just point them in the direction of this absolute banger of a poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
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Are All the Break-Ups in Your Poems Real?
If by real you mean as real as a shark tooth stuck in your heel, the wetness of a finished lollipop stick, the surprise of a thumbtack in your purse— then…
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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
My morning poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
‪ #Poetry #Painting #Nightime If you dive deep enough... I hope you see the dark sky as oceanic, boundless, limitless — like all the shades of blue in a glacier. - Aimee Nezhukumatathil 🎨 Amanda Clarke
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Poets & Writers @pw.org · 10/06/2026
“Each pencil feels like perhaps it is okay to linger, to listen, to get a line wrong—and try again,” writes Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Night Owl (@eccobooks.bsky.social). Read more: at.pw.org/WRNezhukumatathil2
Author photo of Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Loved having this conversation with the amazing Samaa Abdurraqib, Amy Leach, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil!! writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/FY26/202...
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The Big Conversation
Samaa Abdurraqib, Amy Leach, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Jeff VanderMeer discuss nature’s deep influence on their writing process.
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Southern Review of Books @southrevbooks.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
In this interview for our Southern Summer Book Club, Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Bradley Sides talk all things poetry and NIGHT OWL.
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The Southern Summer Book Club: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Check out the first video interview in our 2026 Southern Summer Book Club with Bradley Sides and Aimee Nezhukumatathil!
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AWP @awpwriter.org · 23/06/2026
Have you checked out the latest issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE yet? In this issue’s gift article, “Writing the Outdoors,” Samaa Abdurraqib, Amy Leach, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, & Jeff VanderMeer discuss nature’s deep influence on their writing process. Like what you read, subscribe for more!
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The Big Conversation
Samaa Abdurraqib, Amy Leach, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Jeff VanderMeer discuss nature’s deep influence on their writing process.
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Litquake @litquake.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
To celebrate Poetry Month each year, we host Grace Notes at @gracecathedral.bsky.social ✨️ It is always such a beautiful evening, and this year was no exception! @preetivangani.bsky.social @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social @madamesosostris.bsky.social @greenapplebooks.bsky.social
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Professors--do you set an out-of-office email for the summer? Why or why not?
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Because no matter what, you are not alone, not with ten quintillion insects on this planet and 390,900 plants known to science—no, you are most certainly not alone in this rich and dark dirt. Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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laurel 🌿 @bloomlaurel.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
making a thread for some of my reads for Asian Readathon this month, starting with Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, an essay collection on food. Each essay comes with an illustration of the food/ingredient it's about :)
Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.An essay on cinnamon with an illustration of the spice on the left hand side.
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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Holy smokes -- blown away by Aimee Nezhukumatathil -- her writing is so ❤❤❤ -- lucky enough to get to hear her read her work at Hotchkiss tonight. check out her newest work bookshop.org/p/books/nigh...
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Night Owl: Poems
Poems
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Writers traditionally shed words in May, which can make them awkward and skittish. Don't worry, they aren't sick, don't have rabies, and probably won't bite. If you see one in the middle of it, toppled over, words spilling out of them, just put a cloth or cardboard box over their head. Do not feed!
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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Strawberry, but make it deep sea 🍓✨️⁠ ⁠ Histioteuthis heteropsis, also known as strawberry squid, get their common name from the berry-like appearance of their bright-red bodies speckled with small light organs called photophores.
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bluebelletrist 📝 @bluebelletrist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Late Migrations--Margaret Renkl The Book of Delights--Ross Gay World of Wonders--Aimee Nezhukumatathil Desert Solitaire--Edward Abbey Heartland--Sarah Smarsh (This is such a tiny sampling 😂)
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Poetry Society of America @poetrysociety.org · 07/05/2026
Next Wednesday, May 13, the Poetry Society will welcome Adrian Matejka & Aimee Nezhukumatathil for the next installment of the spring ’26 PSA Reading Series. 7:00 p.m. $10 in-person / $5 streaming Free for members Link in bio to register.
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Brooklyn! See y’all wednesday!
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
whaaaat?!! of course i was in the garden when this came on and then my phone blew up—on @npr this morning: www.npr.org/2026/05/09/n...
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Ode to motherhood
For Mother's Day, we bring to you a consideration of motherhood by a poet who's brought up two sons.
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Karen Elizabeth Bishop @kebishop.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Yes, I heard it over coffee this morning! Was so happy to hear you on! Poetry in the morning!
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
whaaaat?!! of course i was in the garden when this came on and then my phone blew up—on @npr this morning: www.npr.org/2026/05/09/n...
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Ode to motherhood
For Mother's Day, we bring to you a consideration of motherhood by a poet who's brought up two sons.
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Brooklyn! See y’all wednesday!
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
new things:🪺 -thank YOU and thank you and thank you independent bookstores for making my new book of poems, NIGHT OWL, a bestseller! - this Saturday—I’ll be on NPR morning edition!! (with Scott Simon May 9th, reading from NIGHT OWL)
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
On the last leg of spring events: cannot fully express how happy I was to meet Kevin, the axolotl of Interlochen arts academy.
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