Throaty Wipes [Paperback]

In 1934, Gertrude Stein asked What is poetry and if you know what poetry is what is prose. Throaty Wipesanswers 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 Holbrookis the author of three poetry books, includingJoy Is So ExhaustingandReading (and Writing About) Poetry(Broadview Press, 2015). She lives in Leamington, Ontario, and teaches at the University of Windsor.

In 1934, Gertrude Stein asked What is poetry and if you know what poetry is what is prose. Throaty Wipesanswers 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 Holbrookis the author of three poetry books, includingJoy Is So ExhaustingandReading (and Writing About) Poetry(Broadview Press, 2015). She lives in Leamington, Ontario, and teaches at the University of Windsor.

& there is much to like in this collection, and Holbrooks work is always worth reading.
Publishers Weekly

‘… there is much to like in this collection, and Holbrook’s work is always worth reading.’
—Publishers Weekly