As part of the Concord Festival of Authors, The Umbrella is pleased to host a reading, book-signing and writing workshop\u00a0with\u00a0Aimee Nezhukumatathil<\/strong>, the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>-bestselling poet and author of\u00a0World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, & Other Astonishments<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Barnes and Noble\u2019s\u00a0Book of the Year<\/a>).<\/p>\n Free and open<\/strong>\u00a0to the public, the book reading and signing will be held in The Umbrella Main Stage Theater144 on\u00a0October 18 at 7PM<\/strong>. Advance signing copies of\u00a0World of Wonders<\/em>\u00a0are available\u00a0here<\/a>. RSVP to attend this free event\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n On\u00a0October 19<\/strong>, Nezhukumatathil\u00a0will also lead a one-day-only Writing Workshop through The Umbrella Arts Education program, in partnership with The Umbrella Arts & Environment program. Workshop capacity will be limited, so writers interested in participating\u00a0should sign up early here<\/a>.<\/p>\n In anticipation of the visit, The Umbrella is also pleased to invite the public to participate in\u00a0virtual book club discussions<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0World of Wonders<\/em>, copies of which are\u00a0available through the\u00a0Concord Free Public Library<\/a>\u00a0and the Minuteman Library Network,\u00a0Concord Book Shop<\/a>,\u00a0Milkweed Editions<\/a>, and literary booksellers everywhere.<\/p>\n MORE ABOUT AIMEE<\/p>\n In addition to her best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays, Nezhukumatathil has four previous poetry collections:\u00a0Oceanic\u00a0<\/em>(Copper Canyon Press, 2018),\u00a0Lucky Fish\u00a0<\/em>(2011),\u00a0At the Drive-In Volcano\u00a0<\/em>(2007), and\u00a0Miracle Fruit\u00a0<\/em>(2003), the last three from Tupelo Press.\u00a0Her most recent chapbook is\u00a0Lace & Pyrite<\/em>,\u00a0a collaboration of epistolary garden poems with the poet Ross Gay. Her writing appears twice in the\u00a0Best American Poetry Series,\u00a0The New York Times Magazine<\/em>, ESPN,\u00a0Ploughshares<\/em>,\u00a0American Poetry Review<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0Tin House<\/em>.<\/p>\n Honors include a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pushcart Prize, a Mississippi Arts Council grant, and being named a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry. In 2021, she became the first-ever poetry editor for\u00a0Sierra\u00a0<\/em>magazine, the story-telling arm of The Sierra Club. 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