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From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from nature In Bite by Bite, poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the way food and drink evoke our associations and remembrances--a subtext or layering, a flavor tinged with joy, shame, exuberance, grief, desire, or nostalgia. Nezhukmatathil restores our astonishment and wonder about food through her encounters with a range of foods and food traditions. From shave ice to lumpia, mangoes to pecans, rambutan to vanilla, she investigates how food marks our experiences and identities and explores the boundaries between heritage and memory. Bite by Bite offers a rich and textured kaleidoscope of vignettes and visions into the world of food and nature, drawn together by intimate and humorous personal reflections, with Fumi Nakamura's gorgeous imagery and illustration.

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Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays, World of Wonders, which was chosen as Barnes and Noble's Book of the Year and named a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. She has published four poetry collections and, with Ross Gay, wrote the chapbook Lace & Pyrite. Nezhukumatathil is the poetry editor for SIERRA magazine and professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi's MFA program. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi with her family. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays, World of Wonders, which was chosen as Barnes and Noble's Book of the Year and named a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. She has published four poetry collections and, with Ross Gay, wrote the chapbook Lace & Pyrite. Nezhukumatathil is the poetry editor for SIERRA magazine and professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi's MFA program. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi with her family.

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