Lucky Fish: A Reading

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil was born in Chicago to a Filipina mother and a father from South India. Her recently published book of poetry, Lucky Fish, moves from India to the Philippines to New York state to capture a rich life, richly lived. Her other collections include At the Drive-in Volcano, winner of the Balcones Prize, and Miracle Fruit, winner of the Tupelo Press Prize, ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award and the Global Filipino Award. Aimee Nezhukumatiathil was a Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing in Madison and is currently an associate professor of English at State University of New York-Fredonia, where she teaches creative writing and environmental literature. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.