Sandy Pool

Sandy Pool is a Canadian poet, editor and creative writing instructor.[1] Her first book Exploding into Night was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.[2] Her work has also been anthologized in Writing Without Direction: Ten and a Half Short Stories by Canadian Authors Under Thirty (Clark-Nova Books, 2010), as well as "The Best Canadian Poems 2011", Published by Tightrope Books, and "A Crystal Through Which Love Passes: Glossas for P.K. Page" published by Buschek Books. Her second book, Undark: An Oratorio was published in November 2012 by Nightwood Editions, and was short-listed for an Alberta Book Award and the Trillium Book Award for Poetry.

Pool holds a degree in English and Theatre performance from the University of Toronto, and an M.F.A in creative writing from the University of Guelph. Currently she is a holder of the prestigious Killam scholarship in poetics, where she is a doctoral student in English and creative writing at the University of Calgary.

References

  1. ↑ "Ten Questions with Sandy Pool". Open Book Toronto, December 2, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Complete list: The 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 2010.


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