If you would like to invite Aimee for a teaching or speaking engagement, please contact Ms. Anya Blacklund, President at Blue Flower Arts Literary Agency directly.
“Aimee Nezhukumatathil was everything we’d hoped she be and more: an excellent poet. An engaging reader. An accomplished teacher… All three of her books were accessible enough on the one hand and challenging and mysterious enough on the other to make them ideal texts for study in the classroom…Charming, funny and spirited, Aimee made talking about poetry a cool thing to do, and because she’s such a vibrant, outgoing person, she managed to get a lot of different kinds of students talking about poetry. Of all the poets we’ve had come to Westminster over the past 13 years, Aimee was one of the best at conducting classes.” –Michael Cervas, English Department Chair of Westminster Prep School, Simsbury, CT
For more details (if available) for each event, please contact event host or the links below:
2026 Events:
April 21
Book Society w/ Rachel Richarson and Dianne Jacob (Berkeley, CA)
April 22
Grace Notes w/ Thea Matthews, Preeti Vangani, and Devon Walker-Figueroa (San Francisco, CA)
April 23
Poetry Foundation (Chicago, IL) w/ Patricia Smith, Donika Kelly, Ashley M. Jones (Chicago, IL)
April 29-30
Cleveland Heights Library-NEA Big Reads (Cleveland Heights, OH)
May 1-2
Mid-Continent Library-NEA Big Reads (Kansas City, MO)
May 5-8
Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen, MI)
May 12
Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, CT)
May 13
Poetry Society of America w/ Adrian Matejka (Brooklyn, NY)
May 15-16
Poetry Camden Poetry Festival Keynote (Camden, ME)
June 15-25
teaching at the Himalayan Writing Retreat (India)
July 25
Eugene Public Library (Eugene, OR)
Aug. 21
Chautauqua Institute (Chautauqua, NY)
Previous 2026 events:
January 4-9
Key West Literary Seminar (Key West, FL)
February 20
University of Southern Florida (Tampa, FL)
February 23
PoetryLife Sarasota (Sarasota, FL)
February 25
Muncie Public Library-NEA Big Reads (Muncie, IN)
March 24
NIGHT OWL poetry book launch, Square Books (Oxford, MS)
March 31
Sigma Tau Delta National Conference Keynote (New Orleans, LA)
April 7
Western Carolina University Lit Festival-with Ross Gay (Cullowhee, NC)
April 9
Story Catcher Festival Keynote-Western Colorado University (Gunnison, CO)
April 18
LA Tmes Book Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
2025 Events:
September 13
Mississippi Book Festival (Jackson, MS)
September 23-24
Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
September 27
Santa Clara Library-NEA Big Reads (Santa Clara, CA)
October 22
Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA)
November 6
Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, MI)
November 12
Calhoun Community College-NEA Big Reads (Decatur, AL)
November 20
Universidad Ana Mendez-NEA Big Reads (Puerto Rico)
December 5
Ethel Walker School (Simsbury, CT)
PREVIOUS EVENTS(2024)
August 8
Chautauqua CLSC (Chautauqua, NY): w/ Matt de la Peña
September 2
Smith College (Northhampton, MA): First-Year Smith Reads
September 10
University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS): Honors Forum Common Read
September 14
September 22
Brooklyn Book Festival (virtual) 12noon ET
September 23
University of Nebraska (Omaha, NE): Distinguished Author in Nonfiction
October 2-3
College of Holy Cross (Worcester, MA): First Year Common Read Program
October 17-18
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE): E.N. Thompson World Issues Forum
December 5
Seattle Arts and Lectures (Seattle, WA): 730pm PST
January 16
Vanderbilt University
February 4-6
Brookdale CC, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Lebanon Valley Community College
February 27-Mar 1
April 3
Northern Kentucky University
