Aimee Nezhukumatathil (; Malayalam: നേഴുകുമറ്റത്തിൽ; Malayalam: [n̪ēɻuɡumətːət̪ːil]; born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American poet and essayist. She currently serves as poetry editor of Sierra Magazine and as professor of English in the University of Mississippi's MFA program, where she previously was the John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence in 2016-17. She has also taught at the Kundiman Retreat for Asian American writers. Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give her perspective on love, loss, and land. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with her husband, Dustin Parsons, and their two sons.
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