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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Detroit, MI

Michigan US

Email:

nandicomer@gmail.com

Bio:

Nandi Comer is the author of American Family: A Syndrome (Finishing Line Press) and Tapping Out (Triquarterly), which was awarded the 2020 Society of Midland Authors Award and the 2020 Julie Suk Award. She is a Cave Canem Fellow, a Callaloo Fellow, and a 2019 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow. She directs the Allied Media Projects Speakers Bureau and is the co-director of Detroit Lit.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Spanish

Favorite authors:

Ai, Vievee Francis, Toi Dericotte, Octavia Butler, Ross Gay, Patrick Rosal

Twitter/X:

@nandicomer

Born in:

Kalamazoo, MI

Michigan

Raised in:

Detroit, MI

Michigan

Website:

https://www.nandicomer@gmail.com [2]

Prizes won:

2020 Society of Midland Authors Award (Tapping Out)

2020 Julie Suk Award (Tapping Out)

2019 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow

2016 Gemini Magazine Poetry Open Award

2014 Crab Orchard Review Richard Peterson Poetry Prize

2014 Vera Myer Strube Award - Poetry

Education:

Indiana University

Writers Retreats:

Vermont Studio Center

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Identifies as:

African American

American

Black

Feminist

Prefers to work with:

Any