January 16 – Aimee Nezhukumatathil – Poetry Reading – Begonia Labs @ 7 PM
♦ January 16: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Poetry, Begonia Labs
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the poetry collections Oceanic, Lucky Fish, At the Drive-in Volcano, Miracle Fruit, and the essay collections Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees and World of Wonder. With poet Ross Gay, she is also co-author Lace & Pyrite. Her poems and essays have appeared in Ploughshares, Poetry, Tin House, Prairie Schooner, Brevity, American Poetry Review, New England Review, and the Best American Poetry anthology. Her honors include the Pushcart Prize, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Mississippi Institute for Arts and Letters Award in poetry. She teaches at University of Mississippi and serves as poetry editor for Orion Magazine.
The book signing will start at 6:30, followed by the reading which will begin promptly at 7pm.
*Co-presented with Somewhere We Are Human, the Fall 2024 Public Programs and Engagement Series of the Engine for Art, Democracy, and Justice (EADJ), which explores how immigrant communities have shaped Nashville and the American South through the arts. Somewhere We Are Human takes its title from the anthology of voices on migration, survival, and new beginnings edited by Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca.
**This event will take place at Begonia Labs, located at 2805 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203. Meet the author begins at 6:30, and the reading will begin promptly at 7 PM. Parking can be found in the back lot since the Cumberland Transit store will be closed by the time of the event. There are also spots available in the Park Place shopping center lot, since Begonia’s building is a part of that chain of buildings. This is the parking lot where Chipotle, UPS and the other stores all share. The address is 2817 TN-1, Nashville, TN 37203. Parking there is free, and it is a short walk down the sidewalk to the front door of Begonia Labs. Otherwise, parking on West End is paid.