Nezhukumatathil, whose week of eating involved pear-topped waffles and pie in a jar. Illustration: Sarah Kilcoyne Nezhukumatathil, whose week of eating involved pear-topped waffles and pie in a jar.

The marvels of the natural world have inspired artists throughout the ages. Poet and author Aimee Nezhukumatathilhas been fascinated by the natural world since childhood and says the smallest of ...

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is not one to sugarcoat the past. Take vanilla, for example — that heady, aromatic stem taking you back to sickly sweet children’s birthday cake or that scented lotion you had as ...

Author Aimee Nezhukumatathil talks to NPT host J.T. Ellison about WORLD OF WONDERS. “The word poet means to make…You don’t have to necessarily make with words, you can make a pie, you can make a ...

The U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith examines American history in her fourth collection, Wade in the Water (Graywolf; $24). With formal precision and clarity, Smith’s poems dance the boundaries ...