Susan Comninos

**E Kennsington Court

Guilderland, NY 12084

Cel: 516/850-6458

E-mail: adm0ff@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

MFA in creative writing, 1991, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI concentration in 20th-century Jewish literature

BA in English, 1989, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

concentration in creative writing

Publication of Individual Poems:

“Imagining Abraham.” Rattle magazine. Rattle Foundation, summer 2021.

“Back Door.” The Common. The Common Foundation, spring 2021.

“Two Poems.” Contrary. Contrarymagazine.com, summer 2020.

“Unplotted.” The Carolina Quarterly 69.4 (summer 2020): 10.

“Question for the Sages.” Iron Horse Literary Review. Texas Tech Univ. May 18, 2020.

“Naked Admission.” The Pinch. The Univ. of Memphis, March 26, 2020.

“Suddenly.” North American Review. Univ. of Northern Iowa, Feb. 26, 2020.

“Bequeathal.” Ninth Letter. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, winter 2020.

“Raw Spring.” Juked. Juked.com, Jan. 5, 2020.

“Evening in Daylight.” North American Review. Univ. of Northern Iowa, summer 2019.

“At the Dog Park, Late.” Prairie Schooner 92.4 (summer 2018): 171-72.

“Rustic Impression.” The Common. The Common Foundation, Nov. 21, 2018.

“How People End.” Rattle magazine. Rattle Foundation, Aug. 23, 2016.

“Dance on Me.” J Journal: New Writing on Justice 9.2 (fall 2016): 53.

“A New York Sketch.” The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Matter Press, Sept. 2016.

"After a Time, Time." Subtropics 20/21 (spring 2016): 108-9.

“Lullaby (for a husband).” The Good Men Project. The Good Men Foundation, spring 2016.

“I Don’t Think He Had Any Intention to Hire.” Spoon River Poetry Review 41.1 (spring 2016): 84.

"Comparing Frank O'Hara's Poems to the Size of My Thighs." The Tishman Review 2.1 (Jan. 2016): 56-7.

"Bees, You, and a Bird Dream." Southern Humanities Review 49.1 (fall 2015): 71-3.

"Widows and Orphans." Harvard Review Online. Harvard Univ., June 16, 2015.

"August Blues." Catskill Made. Catskill Made, summer 2015.

"Ascent." Hobart. Hobart, May 19, 2015.

"Childlessness." Malahat Review 190 (spring 2015): 74.

"Auditory Tune." Gastronomica 14.3. (fall 2014): 91.

"Apples." Gastronomica 14.2. (summer 2014): 90.

"Wanted." J Journal: New Writing on Justice 6.2 (fall 2013): 24.

"Corn." Nashville Review. Vanderbilt Univ., summer 2013.

"Chiroptera." The American Dream: 40 Poems from the 2013 Alexander and Doris Raynes Poet- ry Competition. Ed. Gretchen Primack. Accord, NY: Blue Thread, 2013. 25.

"Sonnet for a Wart on My Hand." Subtropics 15 (winter/spring 2013): 75.

"Creed: A Still Life." Tablet magazine. Nextbook Inc., Dec. 2012.

"Lullaby (for a husband)." Literary Mama. Literary Mama, June 2012.

"Commitment." The Cortland Review. The Cortland Review, May 2012.

"A Coed's Birthday." Tulane Review (spring 2012): 13.

"Beached, or dementia." Hospital Drive. Univ. of Virginia School of Medicine, summer 2011.

"Rome Visits When I'm in the Bath." Jewish Daily Forward. Forward Association, May 26, 2011.

"Italian for You." TriQuarterly. Northwestern Univ., winter/spring 2011.

"Deconstruction Workers." TriQuarterly. Northwestern Univ., winter/spring 2011.

"Covet." Tablet magazine. Nextbook Inc., April 29, 2010. Earlier work appeared in Judaism, Lilith, Midstream, Quarterly West and Tikkun, among others. Courses Taught:

Spring 2020-, “Zoom Into Poetry: Monday Night Craft Workshop for Adults,” Self-run Zoom platform course. Guilderland, Guilderland, NY.

Spring 2020, “Creative Containers II: quirky verse forms,” Guilderland YMCA, Guilderland, NY.

Fall 2019, “Prose Poetry & Ekphrastic Verse,” Guilderland YMCA, Guilderland, NY. Summer 2019, “Creative Containers: or, the opportunities for your unique voice in verse forms,” Guilderland YMCA, Guilderland, NY.

Summer 2019, “Poetry in the Garden: a workshop pegged to nature writing,” Guilderland Public Library (supported by a Poets & Writers grant), Guilderland, NY. Spring 2019, “Creative Containers or, the opportunities for your unique voice in verse forms,” Guilderland Public Library (supported by a Poets & Writers grant), Guilderland, NY. Fall 2018, AENG 240z “Immigrants, Outsiders, and Others: Growing Up in 21st-Century Ameri- ca,” SUNY Albany, Albany, NY.

Spring 2018, ENGL 246; ENGL 247, “Imaginative Writing”; “Creative Nonfiction,” The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.

Fall 2017, ENGL 101 - 01; 03, “Introduction to Literature: Literary Analysis,” Siena College, Loudonville, NY.

Spring 2017, Int./Adv. section of “GPL Poets: Getting to Good,” Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, NY.

Fall 2016, “Advanced Poets Workshop,” The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. September 2015, "Settling Accounts: Poetry of Judgment and Forgiveness," Temple Sinai, Saratoga, NY.

June 2015, “The Poetry of Faith and Science,” Temple Sinai, Saratoga, NY. Spring 2015, "The Poetry of Faith and Science,” Schenectady JCC, Niskayuna, NY. Fall 2014, “Writing the Contemporary Poem,” The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Fall 2014, “Cultural Crossings: Foreign (Verse) Forms,” Schenectady JCC, Niskayuna, NY. Spring 2014, “Writing the Contemporary Poem II,” Schenectady JCC, Niskayuna, NY. Winter 2014, “Writing the Contemporary Poem,” Schenectady JCC, Niskayuna, NY. Winter 2012, “Jewish Identity in Contemporary American Poetry,” Congregation Agudat Achim, Schenectady, NY.

Fall 1990, “Introduction to Poetry and Fiction,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Anthologies:

“Chiroptera.” The American Dream: 40 Poems from the 2013 Alexander and Doris Raynes Poet- ry Competition. Ed. Gretchen Primack. Accord, NY: Blue Thread, 2013. 25. Finalist.

“Upstate, April.” The Blueline Anthology. Ed. Rick Henry. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ. Press, 2004. 120.

Awards:

Finalist - Cider Press Review Book Prize for debut book manuscript, “Out of Nowhere: poems.” Feb. 2020.

Finalist - Conduit Books’ Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize for debut book manuscript,

“Out of Nowhere: poems.” Jan. 2020.

Winner - Rattle magazine’s Poets Respond (to the news) Weekly Contest for pantoum “How People End.” Award: $50. Aug. 23, 2016.

Winner - VQR Summer Writers’ Conference Scholarship. Award: $300 towards tuition remis- sion. VQR magazine. June 2016.

Winner - Tishman Review’s Staff Favorite Poetry Prize for “Comparing Frank O’Hara’s Poems to the Size of My Thighs.” Award: $15. Jan. 2016.

Winner - “Covet." Tablet magazine’s Poem-in-Your-Pocket Poetry Contest. Award: iPad. April 29, 2010.

Second place - houses in motion’s Poetry of Michigan Universities for “Making History (current events).” Award: $75. 1990.

Readings and Lectures:

Lecturer: Divine Write Reading Series, The Beer Diviner, Troy, NY, Jan. 29, 2017 Reader: A Community of Jewish Writers Reading Series, Congregation Agudat Achim, Schenec- tady, NY, June 14, 2015

Lecturer/Reader: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, Oct. 14, 2014 Reader: “American Dream Anthology” awards reading, The Actors' Temple, New York, NY, April 30, 2013

Speaker/Reader: Guilderland High School, Guilderland, NY, Jan. 5, 2012 Reader: Sunday Four Poetry Reading Series, Voorheesville, NY, Sept. 25, 2011 Reader: An Evening with Jewish Artists, Congregation Shaare Zedek, New York, NY, Aug. 17, 2003

Reader: Pisk Reading Series, The KGB Bar, New York, NY, July 11, 2000 Reader: MFA Literary Reading Series, The Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Jan. 20, 1991 Grants:

Poets & Writers. COVID-19 Relief Fund Grant. Spring 2020. Award: $1,000. Poets & Writers. Support for the teaching of the adult community course “Creative Containers,” in spring 2019, at the Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, NY. Award: $300. Poets & Writers. Support for the teaching of the adult community course “Poetry in the Garden,” in summer 2019, at the Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, NY. Award: $600. Press Coverage and Podcasts:

“How People End.” Rattle magazine, Aug. 23, 2016

"Voices of Faith: Believing, Connecting and Creating." Albany Times Union, summer 2015.

"Commitment." The Cortland Review, May 2012.

"pecan, rodef, clam." Jewish Daily Forward, Sept. 9, 2009. Other Relevant Work:

Over 20 years of experience as a contributor of arts & culture, business and health journalism to the Albany Times Union, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlantic Online, Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, The For- ward, Haaretz English Edition, Miami Herald, Millions, National Book Critics Circle, Nerve, Nextbook, Reuters Health, San Francisco Chronicle and Tablet magazine, among others.

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