Susan Glickman (1953‒ ) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Soon after, her family moved to Montreal, where she spent her growing up years. Glickman began her post-secondary education at Tufts University studying dance and drama, then spent a year in Athens practicing archaeology. Eventually, she graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature. Before ultimately settling in Toronto, Glickman traveled and lived in England, the USA, and Greece. Through a job as an editorial assistant for a small press in Toronto, she was inspired to write a doctoral dissertation on Shakespeare’s dramaturgy at the University of Toronto. She teaches part-time at The Chang School of Ryerson University, The University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies, The Lycée Français de Toronto, the Avenue Road School of the Arts, and with Writers in Electronic Residence. Glickman is also a freelance editor specializing in academic books. She has written a wide variety of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, including a literary history, seven poetry books, four novels, a trilogy of children’s books, and has recently published an essay collection entitled Artful Flight (2020). She has achieved several awards for her work, and has had numerous essays and book reviews published in periodicals including Brick, Canadian Literature, Essays in Canadian Writing, The Journal of Canadian Poetry, The New Quarterly, and Maisonneuve.
Sources:
Glickman, Susan. “Bio.” Susan Glickman. 4 July 2011, www.susanglickman.com/bio/.
“Susan Glickman: Biography.” Canadian Poetry Online. University of Toronto Libraries, canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/glickman/index.htm.