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CENTRAL: Food & Memory - Author Talk with Aimee Nezhukumatathil

First 50 attendees will receive a free copy of Bite by Bite

* Date: 09/27/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
* Location: Central Park Library - Redwood Room
2635 Homestead Road
Santa Clara, California 95051 [ http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=2635+Homestead+Road+%2c+Santa+Clara%2c+California+95051 ]

NEA Big Read Author Talk and book giveaway featuring Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Bite by Bite

Join us on Saturday, September 27, for a special visit from our* NEA Big Read author, Aimee Nezhukumatathil*. Aimee's book of lyrical essays, "Bite by Bite [ https://sclibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S146C2483437 ]", is Santa Clara's Big Read for 2025-2026, and we are proud to kick off our NEA Big Read programming with a visit from Aimee herself! The first 50 attendees will receive a free copy of "Bite by Bite", and Aimee will be available after the author talk and Q&A session to sign books and talk with readers.

"Seating is first come, first served. Doors will open at 10:45 a.m. You may register on Eventbrite to receive event reminders [ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-memory-author-talk-and-book-giveaway-with-aimee-nezhukumatathil-tickets-1584255172869?aff=oddtdtcreator ] (optional)."

Interested in discussing this book with other community members? Join one of our book-club style discussions! No registration required.


* Central Park Library [ https://www.sclibrary.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/102591/67?curm=9&cury=2025 ]: Monday, September 22, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
* Mission Branch Library [ https://www.sclibrary.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/106379/67?curm=10&cury=2025 ]: Saturday, October 11, 2-3 p.m.
* Northside Branch Library [ https://www.sclibrary.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/106381/67?curm=10&cury=2025 ]: Thursday, October 30, 6-6:45 p.m.

*About the author: *Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the book of food essays "Bite By Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees [ https://sclibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S146C2483437 ] "and the New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays, "World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks & Other Astonishments [ https://sclibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S146C2116527 ]". She also wrote five previous poetry collections including "Night Owl "and "Oceanic". Her most recent chapbook is "Lace & Pyrite", a collaboration of epistolary garden poems with the poet Ross Gay. Honors include a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pushcart Prize, a Mississippi Arts Council grant, NAAEE’s 2024 Pepe Marcos-Iga Award for Innovation in Environmental Education, and being named a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry. She is poetry editor for Sierra magazine, the story-telling arm of The Sierra Club. She is professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi’s MFA program.

*About the NEA Big Read: *The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read [ https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/nea-big-read ]—a partnership with Arts Midwest—broadens our understanding of ourselves and our neighbors through the power of a shared reading experience. The goals of the NEA Big Read are to inspire meaningful conversations, celebrate local creativity, elevate a wide variety of voices and perspectives, and build stronger connections in each community.

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"NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts [ https://www.arts.gov/ ] in partnership with Arts Midwest [ https://artsmidwest.org/get-support/nea-big-read/ ]. Special thanks to The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends [ https://lovethelibrary.org/ ] for facilitating this grant."

"Your attendance at this program grants permission to the City of Santa Clara to take your photograph and/or your child's photograph for marketing purposes."

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