Sue Sinclair is a Canadian poet. She was raised in St. John's,

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,Carey, Barbara (4 January 2009)
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''Toronto Star'' and studied at

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in Sackville,

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, graduated in 1994 and then continued her education at the

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. She then went on to complete an MA & PhD in Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Sinclair's first collection of poetry, ''Secrets of Weather and Hope'' (2001), was a finalist for the 2002

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. ''Mortal Arguments'' (2003) was a finalist for the

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. Her third collection, ''The Drunken Lovely Bird'', won the International Independent Publisher's Award for Poetry. ''Breaker'' was a finalist for the

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since the summer of 2018.

Bibliography

*''Secrets of Weather and Hope'' (Brick Books, 2001) *''Mortal Arguments'' (Brick Books, 2003) *''The Drunken Lovely Bird'' (Goose Lane Editions, 2005) *''Breaker'' (Brick Books, 2008) *''Heaven's Thieves'' (Brick Books, 2016) *''Almost Beauty: New and Selected Poems'' (Goose Lane Editions, 2022)

References

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