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Nandi Comer [1]

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

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nandi_comer

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nandi_comer [2] https://www.nandicomer@gmail.com