Oceanic

Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a Filipino-Indian American poet and essayist who draws on the natural world and multicultural heritage to explore love, wonder, and belonging. She received her BA and MFA from Ohio State University and is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of five poetry collections, including Miracle Fruit (Tupelo Press, 2003), winner of the Tupelo Press Prize and the Global Filipino Literary Award; Oceanic (Copper Canyon Press, 2018), winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award; and Night Owl (Ecco, 2026). Her essay collection World of Wonders (Milkweed Editions, 2020) was a New York Times bestseller. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow.