Aimee Nezhukumatathil, a professor of English at SUNY Fredonia, has published a poetry collaboration series in the January/February 2014 issue of Orion, one of the country's leading environmental magazines.
She co-wrote the poem sequence about gardens, with Dr. Ross Gay of Indiana University's M.F.A. program, over the course of a year. The entire poetry sequence is set to be published as a poetry chapbook from Organic Weapon Arts Press in spring.
Nezhukumatathil also served as faculty for the 2014 Palm Beach Poetry Festival in January. She delivered a lecture, taught a nature writing workshop, and participated in a panel discussion with noted poets such as Carolyn Forche, Nick Flynn, Campbell McGrath, and National Book Award-finalist Tim Seibles. In addition, the Miami affiliate of PBS filmed an interview featuring Nezhukumatathil and the U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway discussing the importance of poetry in the schools, which will air in the spring.
The festival is considered by some to be one of the most vibrant of its kind on the East coast. It is billed as an event featuring some of the most “celebrated American poets writing in America today up-close and outstanding teachers of craft who have been recognized as masters of the art and appreciation of poetry."
