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Aimee Nezhukumatathil, the winner of this year’s Corrington Award for Literary Excellence, will give a poetry reading and accept her award in a ceremony at Anderson Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 23rd, 2023.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of World of Wonders, an illustrated essay collection, as well as of four books of poetry, including, most recently, Oceanic, winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award. She serves as poetry faculty for the Writing Workshops in Greece and is professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi’s MFA program.
Nonfiction
In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
National bestseller
Beloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations in paperback.