Searching for Home: The Millions Interviews Aimee Nezhukumatathil
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, the debut book of essays from poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil, made me nostalgic for my childhood—spent poring over encyclopedias and marveling at the entries on animals.
In fact, I wish Nezhukumatathil would have written those entries—her unique mixture of humor, contemplation, memoir, insight, and paradox reveals the complexities of our natural world. Complemented by beautiful illustrations from Fumi Mini Nakamura, World of Wonders is appropriate to its title.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four collections of poems. Her most recent book, , won the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award. Her writing has appeared in and . A 2020 Guggenheim Fellow in poetry, she is a professor of English in the University of
