Seeing Begins in the Dark

In her debut poetry collection, Susan Flynn delves into our basic humanity, uncoupling mind from body and examining each in darkness and in light. She offers an illuminating encounter with the very concept of being—what it means to love, dream, grieve, and remember. Flynn's passionate poems unflinchingly expose an aching tenderness on these transitory journeys of life with an intimacy that scrapes our emotional and physical selves—a revelation of all that waits behind the shadows.

In her debut poetry collection, Susan Flynn delves into our basic humanity, uncoupling mind from body and examining each in darkness and in light. She offers an illuminating encounter with the very concept of being—what it means to love, dream, grieve, and remember. She speaks to the desire in all of us to search for meaning through our daily encounters, struggles and achievements. Flynn's passionate poems unflinchingly expose an aching tenderness on these transitory journeys of life with an intimacy that scrapes our emotional and physical selves—a reminder of the light that waits behind the shadows.

Susan Flynn is a psychoanalyst and assistant clinical professor at UC Davis, where she teaches and supervises psychiatry residents. She has had a private clinical practice for 45 years. Susan has published professional papers in Psychoanalytic Review, fort da, and New Directions Journal. She has facilitated Amherst Writers & Artists groups in her private practice and for local nonprofit organizations.