Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Professor of English
Phone Number: (662)915-7439
Email: acnezhuk@olemiss.edu
aimeenez.net

Key Words: Poetry/Creative non-fiction writing and environmental literature

Research Description: **ON LEAVE FALL 2021** Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the New York Times best-selling author of WORLD OF WONDERS: IN PRAISE OF FIREFLIES, WHALE SHARKS, & OTHER ASTONISHMENTS, finalist for the Kirkus Prize in non-fiction, and recently named the Barnes and Noble Book of the Year. She is also the author of four books of poetry, and is poetry editor of SIERRA, the national magazine of the Sierra Club. Awards for her writing include a fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Council, Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for poetry, National Endowment of the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Her writing has appeared in NYTimes Magazine, ESPN Magazine, and twice in Best American Poetry. She is professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi’s MFA program. My interests are in poetry, nature, environment, creative non-fiction, nature writing.

Honors Theses:

Rogers, Kylie (2021) Why Myth Matters: The Value of the Female Voice in Greek Mythology (full text)

Barch, Sarah (2020) The Hair You Wished To Comb (full text)

Wooten, Heath Joseph (2020) Harmony of the Spine (full text)