Susan Holbrook

Susan Holbrook is a Canadian poet,^[1] whose collection Throaty Wipes was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2016 Governor General's Awards.^[2]

Susan Holbrook
Born	January 16th 1967
Occupation	poet
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1990s-present
Notable works	Throaty Wipes
Children	Elise Holbrook, Rendel Arner, Sammy

Her debut poetry collection, misled, was published in 1999 while she was a graduate student at the University of Calgary.^[3] It was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award^[4] and the Alberta Writers Guild's Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry.^[5] She then began teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Windsor,^[6] and followed up with Good Egg Bad Seed in 2004 and Joy Is So Exhausting in 2009. The latter collection was a shortlisted Trillium Award finalist in 2010.^[7]

She has also published the poetry textbook How to Read (and Write About) Poetry (2015), and wrote the play Why Do I Feel Guilty in the Changeroom at Britannia Pool? (2002).^[8]

Her 2021 collection Ink Earl was shortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Award for poetry.^[9]

Works

• misled (1999)
• Why Do I Feel Guilty in the Changeroom at Britannia Pool? (2002)
• Good Egg Bad Seed (2004)
• Joy Is So Exhausting (2009)
• How to Read (and Write About) Poetry (2015)
• Throaty Wipes (2016)
• Ink Earl (2021)