Aimee Nezhukumatathil
@nezhukumatathil.bsky.social
🇵🇭🇮🇳 roller-skater since I was ten • school supplies • gardens • bioluminescence • axolotls • Buckeye • NYT bestselling author • NIGHT OWL (Ecco, Spring 26) [please note: Bluesky is banned in Mississippi(!) where I live so I'm only on when traveling]
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NIGHT OWL, Ecco 2026.
Nature poems like you’ve never seen before 🦉
So excited for you to see what kinds of poems I’ve been cooking up the past seven years. Coming from the incredible team led by the incomparable Sarah Murphy at @eccobooks.bsky.social Spring 2026.
Nature poems like you’ve never seen before 🦉
So excited for you to see what kinds of poems I’ve been cooking up the past seven years. Coming from the incredible team led by the incomparable Sarah Murphy at @eccobooks.bsky.social Spring 2026.
I mean, there are luna moths.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I mean, there are luna moths.
CONGRATS to Queen Patricia!!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
CONGRATS to Queen Patricia!!!!!
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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We're thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest.
Guest judge @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social chose Jamila Osman's "Dream Girl" as the winner. Taneesh Kaur's "3, 7, and 37" and May Teng's "Flood Days" were named honorable mentions.
Read more: go.unl.edu/p8q9
Guest judge @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social chose Jamila Osman's "Dream Girl" as the winner. Taneesh Kaur's "3, 7, and 37" and May Teng's "Flood Days" were named honorable mentions.
Read more: go.unl.edu/p8q9
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest.
Guest judge @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social chose Jamila Osman's "Dream Girl" as the winner. Taneesh Kaur's "3, 7, and 37" and May Teng's "Flood Days" were named honorable mentions.
Read more: go.unl.edu/p8q9
Guest judge @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social chose Jamila Osman's "Dream Girl" as the winner. Taneesh Kaur's "3, 7, and 37" and May Teng's "Flood Days" were named honorable mentions.
Read more: go.unl.edu/p8q9
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November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I can't wait to feast on them.. World of Wonders was fantastic. As was Bite by Bite. And Lucky Fish! 🥰
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I can't wait to feast on them.. World of Wonders was fantastic. As was Bite by Bite. And Lucky Fish! 🥰
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Haibun anyone? This new piece investigates the popular poetic form:
"In her Feb. 2014 essay, 'More than the Birds, Bees, and Trees,' poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains that a haibun juxtaposes a poetic prose journey or landscape description..."
wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/to-liberat...
"In her Feb. 2014 essay, 'More than the Birds, Bees, and Trees,' poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains that a haibun juxtaposes a poetic prose journey or landscape description..."
wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/to-liberat...
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Haibun anyone? This new piece investigates the popular poetic form:
"In her Feb. 2014 essay, 'More than the Birds, Bees, and Trees,' poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains that a haibun juxtaposes a poetic prose journey or landscape description..."
wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/to-liberat...
"In her Feb. 2014 essay, 'More than the Birds, Bees, and Trees,' poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains that a haibun juxtaposes a poetic prose journey or landscape description..."
wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/to-liberat...
And be sure to check out the painter of my cover image—Mississippi artist Charlie Buckley. No one else paints the stars better. www.buckleystudio.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
And be sure to check out the painter of my cover image—Mississippi artist Charlie Buckley. No one else paints the stars better. www.buckleystudio.com
Cover reveal: NIGHT OWL (Ecco) March 31, 2026. 5th book of poems, 4th book in eight years. Nature poems like you’ve never seen. Pre-order in link below! 🦉
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Cover reveal: NIGHT OWL (Ecco) March 31, 2026. 5th book of poems, 4th book in eight years. Nature poems like you’ve never seen. Pre-order in link below! 🦉
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil, "Baked Goods" from Lucky Fish
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, "Baked Goods" from Lucky Fish
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Thrilled that @debutiful.bsky.social has the cover reveal for Maybe the Body: Poems by @asaldrake.bsky.social!🐇🐍💖
“A radiant collection.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Cover design by Beth Steidle.
Read more about Maybe the Body and the cover design at the link below!🐇🐍💖
debutiful.net/2025/09/09/s...
“A radiant collection.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Cover design by Beth Steidle.
Read more about Maybe the Body and the cover design at the link below!🐇🐍💖
debutiful.net/2025/09/09/s...
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thrilled that @debutiful.bsky.social has the cover reveal for Maybe the Body: Poems by @asaldrake.bsky.social!🐇🐍💖
“A radiant collection.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Cover design by Beth Steidle.
Read more about Maybe the Body and the cover design at the link below!🐇🐍💖
debutiful.net/2025/09/09/s...
“A radiant collection.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Cover design by Beth Steidle.
Read more about Maybe the Body and the cover design at the link below!🐇🐍💖
debutiful.net/2025/09/09/s...
Their little brown "belts" kill me every time
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Their little brown "belts" kill me every time
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Monday Gray-headed swamphen #PhotoHour #BlueSkyMonday #Birds #EastCoastKin #photography #Florida #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Nature
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Monday Gray-headed swamphen #PhotoHour #BlueSkyMonday #Birds #EastCoastKin #photography #Florida #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Nature
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This stunning cloud of gas and dust forms part of the Carina Nebula. noirlab.edu/public/image... #astronomy
📷: Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Hartigan (Rice University). Proc: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
📷: Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Hartigan (Rice University). Proc: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This stunning cloud of gas and dust forms part of the Carina Nebula. noirlab.edu/public/image... #astronomy
📷: Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Hartigan (Rice University). Proc: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
📷: Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Hartigan (Rice University). Proc: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
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Strawberry corn and anasazi beans! 🫛🌱
October 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Strawberry corn and anasazi beans! 🫛🌱
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Also, the examples shared by Palette introduced me to a poetry collaboration by Ross Gay & @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social published in @orionmagazine.bsky.social that I hadn't read before. Collaborative seasonal garden epistolary poems! What a dream to weave together: orionmagazine.org/article/lett...
October 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Also, the examples shared by Palette introduced me to a poetry collaboration by Ross Gay & @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social published in @orionmagazine.bsky.social that I hadn't read before. Collaborative seasonal garden epistolary poems! What a dream to weave together: orionmagazine.org/article/lett...
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Terrific episode!
@outsideinradio.bsky.social @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social
www.nhpr.org/environment/...
@outsideinradio.bsky.social @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social
www.nhpr.org/environment/...
Outside/In: Every bite is a story
Poet and author Aimee Nezhukumatathil dishes up three flavors that have connected her to others: one familiar, one sweet, and one strange.
www.nhpr.org
September 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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This crab is going to organize its community against digital surveillance and I am here for it.
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This crab is going to organize its community against digital surveillance and I am here for it.
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As it should be. Freedom of expression is foundational to all our other rights.
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
As it should be. Freedom of expression is foundational to all our other rights.
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All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
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Grateful to @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social for her kind words about Unrivered. Pre-orders help both author and press, and I appreciate your support.
(You can pre-order at B&N or Amazon, but full price.The link below is to @sundresspub.bsky.social for the sale price!)
tinyurl.com/4pj96v59
(You can pre-order at B&N or Amazon, but full price.The link below is to @sundresspub.bsky.social for the sale price!)
tinyurl.com/4pj96v59
September 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Grateful to @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social for her kind words about Unrivered. Pre-orders help both author and press, and I appreciate your support.
(You can pre-order at B&N or Amazon, but full price.The link below is to @sundresspub.bsky.social for the sale price!)
tinyurl.com/4pj96v59
(You can pre-order at B&N or Amazon, but full price.The link below is to @sundresspub.bsky.social for the sale price!)
tinyurl.com/4pj96v59
Say. it. louder. for. the. people. in. the. back! 👏🏽
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
September 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Say. it. louder. for. the. people. in. the. back! 👏🏽
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I’m already seeing people who position themselves as progressive or liberal “joking” that Trump should occupy these cities instead. Y’all are so disappointing.
The thing is, I’m pretty sure these all majority black cities and I’m worried that Trump will eventually try to occupy them too at some point. The fact that they are in Republican-controlled states isn’t a gotcha so much as evidence of how they’ve been maligned by their state governments.
“The four cities of populations larger than 100,000 with the highest murder rates in 2024 are in Republican states: Jackson, Mississippi (78.7 per 100,000 residents), Birmingham, Alabama (58.8), St Louis, Missouri (54.1) and Memphis, Tennessee (40.6).”
September 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’m already seeing people who position themselves as progressive or liberal “joking” that Trump should occupy these cities instead. Y’all are so disappointing.
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Well here it is at long last, my latest embroidery is finally finished. Sorry to keep you all waiting, I’ll leave you to dream and explore…😊🪡🌿🌺
*Completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint, just lots of threads & plenty of patience. #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
*Completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint, just lots of threads & plenty of patience. #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Well here it is at long last, my latest embroidery is finally finished. Sorry to keep you all waiting, I’ll leave you to dream and explore…😊🪡🌿🌺
*Completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint, just lots of threads & plenty of patience. #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
*Completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint, just lots of threads & plenty of patience. #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
crawl today, fly tomorrow (or in a few weeks) 🐛
September 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
crawl today, fly tomorrow (or in a few weeks) 🐛