{"id":102592,"date":"2021-01-11T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=102592"},"modified":"2021-01-11T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T23:04:16","slug":"the-new-york-times-um-english-professor-poet-aimee-nezhukumatathil-discusses-top-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/the-new-york-times-um-english-professor-poet-aimee-nezhukumatathil-discusses-top-book\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times: UM English Professor, Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil Discusses Top Book"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UM English professor, poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil was featured in The New York Times for her new book ‘World of Wonders.’<\/p><\/div>\n

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Wants You to Get Some Fresh Air<\/a><\/p>\n

By Elisabeth Egan\/The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n

WONDER WOMAN It\u2019s not every day that pets come up during a phone interview, but the subject is relevant when you\u2019re talking to Aimee Nezhukumatathil, whose illustrated essay collection, \u201cWorld of Wonders,\u201d doubles as a love letter to little creatures. It turns out she shares her home with a small, mostly Chihuahua-based mutt named Haiku. \u201cHe\u2019s a really teeny dog and I\u2019m a nerdy poet, so there you go,\u201d she explains. \u201cUnfortunately he has a little bit of pandemic weight on him, so now we joke that he\u2019s a haibun, which is a larger form of Japanese poetry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWorld of Wonders\u201d was published by Milkweed Editions on Sept. 8 and, three months later, was selected as Barnes & Noble\u2019s Book of the Year. On Dec. 16, Nezhukumatathil was helping her fifth grader practice for a spelling bee when she learned that the book was No. 5 on the hardcover nonfiction list. (It is now at No. 7.) She describes the news as \u201cbeyond my wildest dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aimee Nezhukumatathil Wants You to Get Some Fresh Air By Elisabeth Egan\/The New York Times WONDER WOMAN It\u2019s not every day that pets come up during a phone interview, but the subject is relevant when you\u2019re talking to Aimee Nezhukumatathil, whose illustrated essay collection, \u201cWorld of Wonders,\u201d doubles as a love letter to little creatures.Read the story …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[484,482],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe New York Times: UM English Professor, Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil Discusses Top Book - Ole Miss News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/the-new-york-times-um-english-professor-poet-aimee-nezhukumatathil-discusses-top-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The New York Times: UM English Professor, Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil Discusses Top Book - 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