Susan Ioannou

WORKS

POETRY

Read Aloud Poems. Toronto: Wordwrights Canada, 1992.

Clarity Between Clouds: Poems of Midlife. Toronto: Goose Lane Editions, 1991.

Familiar Faces/ Private Griefs. Toronto: Wordwrights Canada, 1986.

Motherpoems. Toronto: Wordwrights Canada, 1985.

Spare Words. Brandon, Manitoba: Pierian Press, 1984.

OTHER WORKS

Coming Home: An Old Love Story. Toronto: Leaf Press, 2004.

Polly’s Punctuation Primer. Toronto: Wordwrights Canada, 1994.

A Magical Clockwork: The Art of Writing the Poem. Toronto: Wordwrights Canada, 2000.

Where the Light Waits. Toronto: Ekstasis Editions, 1996.

The Crafted Poem: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Appreciation. Toronto: Wordwrights Canada, 1985.

CRITICISM

Cochrane, Mark. “The Ordinary Certainties of Life.” Rev. of Clarity Between Clouds: Poems of Midlife, by Susan Ioannou. Essays on Canadian Writing (1995): 248.

Kertzer, Jon. “Clarity and Tumult.” Rev. of Clarity Between Clouds: Poems of Midlife, by Susan Ioannou. Canadian Literature (1993): 150.

Martindale, Sheila. “Susan Ioannou: A Patchwork Quilt of Imagination.” Canadian Author 71.1 (1995): 9.

Noonan, Gerald. Rev. of The Crafted Poem: A Step By Step Guide to Writing And Appreciation, by Susan Ioannou. Canadian Children's Literature (1987): 77.

AWARDS

1987: Arts Scarborough City Poetry Contest Winner

1982: The Book Cellar Mother's Day Poem Award

1965: Norma Epstein Foundation Award for Poetry

BIOGRAPHY

Susan Ioannou was born in Toronto in 1944. She attended the University of Toronto, where she earned both her BA and her MA in English literature. She is both a poet and a short story writer, and has also written a students’ guide to poetry. Ioannou has taught English in various Toronto area schools. She founded Wordwrights Canada, a resource for student writers.

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