Essays and Other Writing
Writing in its many forms has always been an interest. During my years in education, for example, I co-authored a Senior English writing text book, The Writer Within: Dialogue and Discovery (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989) with educator Trina Wood, and my work appeared from time to time in education related publications.
In recent years, in addition to poetry, a number of my reflective essays incorporating both poetry and prose have appeared in various books/anthologies. This section includes a selection of excerpts from some of those essays. The excerpts can be accessed below by clicking on the titles.
The Excerpts:
"Where Surf Meets Shore: Reflections from the Edge"
"Points of Articulation: A Letting Go and a Reaching Towards, A Poet’s Journey"
New Publications in Journals/Other
Poem, "Against All Odds," in The Maynard online Journal, Spring 2019 Issue.
Poem “There’s Superradiance” in Vallum, Contemporary Poetry, Issue 16:1, Connections, pg. 17
Review #242, Feb 1st, 2018, of Trailer Park Elegy (2017) by Cornelia Hoogland, Harbour Publishing: “A brotherly love revisited,” by Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes, in The Ormsby Review”
Readings & Events
- A video of Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes reading from Any Waking Morning (Inanna Publications, 2019).
- In September 2020, Mary Lou joined other Toronto poets from the Long Dash Group to film a C0VID-delayed, outdoor reading in celebration of National Poetry Month.
- An Inquiry Through Poetry & Short Fiction:
Readings by Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes, nancy viva davis halifax, Nilofar Shidmehr, and Sheila Stewart
October 1, 2019,
6:30 – 8:30PM, Halifax Central Library. - Any Waking Morning
Launch: IFOA Toronto
Lit Up & Inanna, at
A Different Booklist
May 28, 2019, 6-9pm. - The launch of Vallum 26:1 Issue “Connections”, at The Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
April 26, 2019 - Green Fire: Ecology of Poetry, a National Poetry Month Event featuring the Long Dash Group of Poets, St. Matthew's Clubhouse, 450 Broadview Ave, Toronto
April 14, 2019