Albert Abonado is a poet and essayist based in Rochester, NY. He is the author of JAW (Sundress Publications 2020) and Field Guide for Accidents (Beacon 2024), a National Poetry Series selection. He holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. He has received fellowships for poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Albert teaches at SUNY Oswego and Finger Lakes Community College, where he is the Managing Editor of the Bare Hill Review. He is the former Director of Adult Programs at Writers & Books.

His work has appeared in numerous journals including Boston Review, Colorado Review, The Laurel Review, The Margins, Triquarterly, Waxwing, Zone 3, and others.