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Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil Branches Out New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays and Kirkus Prize finalist, , a collection of garden poems. Her honors include the Pushcart Prize, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Mississippi Institute for Arts and Letters Award in poetry. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Nezhukumatathil’s work draws upon her Filipina and south Indian heritage. Her writing has appeared twice in the Best American Poetry Series and in The New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She is poetry editor of Sierra magazine and teaches environmental literature and poetry writing at the University of Mississippi. During the pandemic, her adoration of axolotls and roller-skating has manifested ten-fold. She lives with her husband and sons in Oxford, Mississippi. ....
New Theater, Jazz, and a Beer-and-Pizza Fest: Things to Do in DC, February 25-28 Plus: How we re processing pandemic loss. Here’s what you should check out this weekend: Art talk: Join the Phillips Collection’s virtual conversation series to hear from Nekisha Durrett, a DC artist known for large-scale work with a comics-like style one massive 2019 print reads “Go-Go Belongs Here” and public installations, like the time she mowed a James Baldwin quote (“Yes, Lawd”) in the grass at the Parks at Walter Reed. Durrett will speak about her art and process with Phillips curatorial assistant Camille Brown. Thursday 2/25 at 6:30 PM; Free, register here. ....