Website for Poet and Author
about SuSAN
Susan Comninos is a writer and teacher in New York. Her poetry has appeared in Harvard Review Online, Rattle, The Common, Prairie Schooner and North American Review, among others.
She has taught undergraduates at Siena College, The College of St. Rose, and most recently, SUNY Albany, as well as adults in the local community. A graduate of Cornell Univ., holding an MFA in creative writing from The Univ. of Michigan, she works as a freelance writer when she's not in the classroom.
Her book reviews, author profiles and literary trend stories have appeared in The Atlantic Online, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and more. She lives near Albany.
Advance praise for OUT OF NOWHERE
In Out of Nowhere, Susan Comninos pays homage to the long and varied traditions of poets who have come before her and
turns poetry on its head. In these pages, “No barrow depends on this / trio of hens,” nudists visiting an art museum become
the spectacle themselves, and maple buds “fist their way / Open.” On each page, a gift—a surprise—a riot of language!
SHAINDEL BEERS
author of Secure Your Own Mask, finalist for Oregon Book Award
UPCOMING EventS
Wed, Nov 02Caffè LenaNov 02, 2022, 7:00 PM EDTCaffè Lena, 47 Phila St, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, USASusan Comninos will be reading poetry at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at Caffè Lena. Please join her in person at the event, or view her livestreamed performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emNkiITL9Zc
Sat, Oct 08Guilderland Public LibraryOct 08, 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EDTGuilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave, Guilderland, NY 12084, USAGuilderland resident and published poet Susan Comninos follows up her book signing and reading on October 1 with a workshop for poets!- Sat, Oct 01Guilderland Public LibraryOct 01, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT – Oct 02, 2022, 3:15 PM EDTGuilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave, Guilderland, NY 12084, USASusan Comninos will lead an in-person poetry reading and book sale/signing, along with a discussion... Come for the reading and a chance to meet the poet author; stay for the discussion, if you'd like!
Sat, May 07Guilderland Public LibraryMay 07, 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EDTGuilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave, Guilderland, NY 12084, USAComninos will lead a poetry reading and book sale/signing, along with a discussion of the creative possibilities of leveraging a mystical symbol (i.e., the Golem of Prague) or repeating a line of Biblical verse (i.e., “My father was a wandering Aramean”). Come for a chance to meet the author!
Tue, Apr 12Online, Hosted by Northshire Bookstore (NY)Apr 12, 2022, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDTOnline, Hosted by Northshire Bookstore (NY)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northshire-online-poetry-month-celebration-tickets-293374730717