Sandy Pool Biography | Poet

Sandy Pool is a Canadian poet, editor and creative writing instructor. 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. 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.