Aimee Pokwatka is the author of the novels Self-Portrait with Nothing and The Parliament.

Born and raised in West Virginia, she studied anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University. Her third novel, >Accumulation, is forthcoming from Putnam in 2026.

She lives in Cross River with her family.

For more information on Aimee’s work visit Aimee Pokwatka