Throaty Wipes - by Susan Holbrook (Paperback)

About the Book

With its words planted firmly in cheek, Throaty Wipes does surprising things -- like write a poem on a calculator!

Book Synopsis

In 1934, Gertrude Stein asked "What is poetry and if you know what poetry is what is prose." Throaty Wipes answers this question and many more! How does broadband work? Does "chuffed" mean pleased or displeased? What if the generations of Adam had mothers? Through her signature fusion of formal innovation and lyricism, Holbrook delivers what we've been waiting for.

Susan Holbrook is the author of three poetry books, including Joy Is So Exhausting and Reading (and Writing About) Poetry (Broadview Press, 2015). She lives in Leamington, Ontario, and teaches at the University of Windsor.

Review Quotes

'... there is much to like in this collection, and Holbrook's work is always worth reading.'
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Susan Holbrook: Susan Holbrook's poetry books are the Trillium-nominated Joy Is So Exhausting (Coach House 2009), Good Egg Bad Seed (Nomados 2004) and misled (Red Deer 1999), which was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Stephan G. Stephansson Award. She lives in Leamington, Ontario and teaches North American literatures and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor. She is co-editor of The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson: Composition as Conversation (Oxford U P, 2010). She recently published Reading (and Writing About) Poetry (Broadview Press, 2015).