Though many anthologies purport to establish a new canon, Desperately Seeking Susans simply luxuriates in the ridiculous surfeit of talent we can find in not only Canadian poets, not only female Canadian poets, but female Canadian poets named Susan. Included in the anthology are works by: Susan Andrews Grace, Susan Briscoe, Sioux Browning, Sue Chenette, Susan Elmslie, Susan Gillis, Susan Glickman, Sue Goyette, Susan Holbrook, Susan Ioannou, Sue Macleod, Susan Musgrave, Susan McMaster, Susan Olding, Sue Sinclair, Sue Stewart, Susan Telfer, Sue Wheeler