Published poet Susan Comninos will discuss and employ techniques for incorporating elements of your own community's folklore into identity-based poems that can function as your own "origin stories."
Come prepared to try your hand at techniques for folding family sayings, stories, and more into poetry that's at once individual and universal. Together, we’ll have fun with writing exercises and discuss published poetry. We’ll also consider how some poets come to assume the role of “inheritor" of their family or community's legacy.
Susan Comninos’s poetry has appeared in the Harvard Review Online, Rattle, The Common, Prairie Schooner, and North American Review, among others. She’s taught writing at Siena College, The College of St. Rose, SUNY Albany, and UVA’s Young Writers Workshop. Susan recently released her debut collection of poetry, Out of Nowhere.
Registration is required using a library card, as space is limited to 20 registrants for this in-person workshop. Participants must commit to both sessions (February 4 & February 11).
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
All programs are subject to change based on weather and safety guidelines.
Photos or videos may be taken at this event. Click here to see our Photo Policy.
The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library provides a wide range of materials, programs, and services to the residents of Clifton Park and Halfmoon. We are a member of the Southern Adirondack Library System. Our mission is to nurture and foster community connections by providing the space and resources for patrons to be educated, entertained, and enriched. Our vision is to be at the heart of our community. The go-to place to meet, learn, and do.