Cover Reveaaalll! My new book, coming to bookstores this summer. “Beautiful and urgent” says Aimee Nezhukumatathil in the first advance praise.

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

you also need to unmute this for the perfect song / visual combo

Join writers Ross Gay and @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social for an online conversation this Thursday, Feb 12 at 12 p.m. ET! Moderated by Mary Evelyn Tucker, they’ll be talking all about the love of nature—and the nature of love. Register for this free event right here: orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...

This Thursday, February 12 at 12 p.m. ET, join Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil in a conversation with Mary Evelyn Tucker all about love 💚 and other crucial themes for our times. Register for this free online event right here. orionmagazine.org/event-worksh... @religion-ecology.bsky.social

holy cats! such JOY! so beautiful!!! 🎶

Planting #trees 🌴 #India www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/w...

What a terrific list of books, including @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social's forthcoming poetry collection, NIGHT OWL! Congrats to all the authors! electricliterature.com/67-books-by-...

Looking forward to this! Earthly Love: A Conversation with Ross Gay and @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social on February 12, 12-1pm. Register here: yff.yale.edu/events/earth... with the Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, @religion-ecology.bsky.social & @orionmagazine.bsky.social 💚

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

Jupiter with 3 of its Gallilean Moons visible. L to R: Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. (Io is currently transiting) #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

BREAKING: This dog is named Susan From Accounting

I keep thinking about the toxic, pervasive mythology of "rugged individualism" as a driving force in American culture, and how the collective efforts in the Twin Cities right now are proof that the only way through hard times is together, as a community.

"It’s say two weeks after the 1980s become the 1990s and holy shit. We don’t know it but we’ve already heard what will remain our favorite music forever." Love this prose poem by @amorak.bsky.social in @westchesterreview.bsky.social www.westchesterreview.com/amorak-huey

✨ SUBMISSIONS OPEN for the 2026 Sarabande Annual Prizes through Submittable starting today Jan 1 - Feb 15. This year’s judges are: Kaveh Akbar (Short Fiction), Adrian Matejka (Poetry), and Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Essay)! Winners receive $2,000 and publication! Full details at link in bio ✨

Please join me in praying for my city's only synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, which was set on fire in the early morning hours, yesterday. Nobody was hurt and a suspect has been caught and charged with arson, but not much is public. Beth Israel is part of JXN's long tradition of racial justice.

On the latest episode of @outsideinradio.bsky.social, poet and author @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social dishes up three flavors that have connected her to others – one familiar, one sweet, and one strange. 🎧: https://bit.ly/4qivscQ

My sign today.

I attended a vigil for Renee Nicole Good in Eureka Springs,AR today, this was my favorite sign. We had over 150 people attend on a cold Sunday morning in a town of 2K, I’m proud of my community

We have an exciting year of reading ahead! @literaryhub.bsky.social's list of most anticipated books of 2026 has some exciting titles, including forthcoming poetry collection NIGHT OWL by "one of our great nature poets" @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social! lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos...

#Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #AimeeNezhukumatathil Space Jellyfish: A Parable by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

the one and only Liz Phair

🚨 So this happened: my very first time in @newyorker.com (!!) A new poem from my forthcoming book of poems about the night— NIGHT OWL (Ecco, 3/26). 🛼✨

The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.

What is that hairy creature in the sea? 😱 Oh, it's just a bunch of fish going to school together 😸😋 #marinelife #fish #nature

"Sometimes things hurt in a way that we don’t really have words for ... But somehow I can tell you about looking at a cicada and you’ll understand the really important parts of what I mean." ~ @katnuernberger.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/e...

Well, at least there’s Chuck-will's-widow birds.

My Hot Take as an agriculture scientist is that regular people should not be able to buy any kind of herbicide. There's no reason a regular guy with a lawn should be able to go to a hardware store and buy gallons of roundup or any other herbicide. Your lawn aesthetics don't matter.

I mean, there are luna moths.

CONGRATS to Queen Patricia!!!!!

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

We're thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest. Guest judge @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social chose Jamila Osman's "Dream Girl" as the winner. Taneesh Kaur's "3, 7, and 37" and May Teng's "Flood Days" were named honorable mentions. Read more: go.unl.edu/p8q9

Double supernova 🤩 🔭 www.eso.org/public/image...

I can't wait to feast on them.. World of Wonders was fantastic. As was Bite by Bite. And Lucky Fish! 🥰

Haibun anyone? This new piece investigates the popular poetic form: "In her Feb. 2014 essay, 'More than the Birds, Bees, and Trees,' poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains that a haibun juxtaposes a poetic prose journey or landscape description..." wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/to-liberat...

And be sure to check out the painter of my cover image—Mississippi artist Charlie Buckley. No one else paints the stars better. www.buckleystudio.com

Cover reveal: NIGHT OWL (Ecco) March 31, 2026. 5th book of poems, 4th book in eight years. Nature poems like you’ve never seen. Pre-order in link below! 🦉

Aimee Nezhukumatathil, "Baked Goods" from Lucky Fish

Thrilled that @debutiful.bsky.social has the cover reveal for Maybe the Body: Poems by @asaldrake.bsky.social!🐇🐍💖 “A radiant collection.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil Cover design by Beth Steidle. Read more about Maybe the Body and the cover design at the link below!🐇🐍💖 debutiful.net/2025/09/09/s...

Their little brown "belts" kill me every time

Monday Gray-headed swamphen #PhotoHour #BlueSkyMonday #Birds #EastCoastKin #photography #Florida #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Nature

This stunning cloud of gas and dust forms part of the Carina Nebula. noirlab.edu/public/image... #astronomy 📷: Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Hartigan (Rice University). Proc: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

Strawberry corn and anasazi beans! 🫛🌱

Also, the examples shared by Palette introduced me to a poetry collaboration by Ross Gay & @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social published in @orionmagazine.bsky.social that I hadn't read before. Collaborative seasonal garden epistolary poems! What a dream to weave together: orionmagazine.org/article/lett...

Terrific episode! @outsideinradio.bsky.social @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social www.nhpr.org/environment/...