Susan Elmslie
Elmslie's book is unflinching urgent celebratory clear-eyed in its brutal wisdom
Susan Elmslie's first collection of poetry,
I, Nadja, and Other Poems (Brick, 2006), won the A.M. Klein Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the McAuslan, the Pat Lowther, and ReLit awards. Her poems have also appeared in several journals and anthologies—including the Best Canadian Poetry in English and The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2017). She lives in Montreal and teaches English literature and creative writing at Dawson College. Museum of Kindness is her second poetry collection.