About Me— Lindsay Soberano-Wilson
Poetry Matters: I am a Canadian, Jewish, LGBTQ writer, and my identity colours my writing. I write poetic stanzas and paragraphs on sex-positivity, motherhood, mental health, travel, education, and storytelling.
I know by now that you must know that I have a lot to say and I don’t hold back. Actually, I may as well take the time to tell you a bit about myself. Firstly I am a blunt and outspoken person. Maybe it’s because I’m petite and I make up for it by being feisty. In any case, I’m also really passionate. I love food, chocolate, fashion, travel, sun, love, dancing, beaches, hikes, and wine. I mean who doesn’t? But as an educator and a writer, I also love provoking thought and looking at things from different angles.
So won’t you let us think together?
Let’s question, debate, relate, invigorate, inspire and reconsider but always with dialogue, substantiated claims, and respect like in a classroom.
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I am an Associate Member of the Canadian League of Poets. My poem I Call This Trauma was recently published in FreshVoices 22 and PoetryPause, as part of Canada's emerging poets. The poem Tikkun Olam was also published by the League in PoetryPause.
In Hoods of Motherhood: A Collection of Poems, Lindsay Soberano Wilson, a first-generation Jewish Canadian granddaughter of Romanian Holocaust survivors and Spanish Moroccan immigrants, compiles a bittersweet portrayal of becoming a mother.
From the highs and lows of recurrent miscarriages to contending with c-section shame, to larger issues such as intergenerational trauma, and everyday issues like breastfeeding, Soberano-Wilson’s first full book of poetry, is relatable, lyrical, and confessional with evocative imagery, allusions, wordplay, rhyme, and rhythm.
The Toronto Book Launch Is June 22
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Debut Chapbook Casa de mi Corazón: A Travel Journal of Poetry and Memoir:
With life moving at a slower pace and travel coming to a halt due to the pandemic, Lindsay Soberano-Wilson crafted a hybrid journal of poetry and memoir about how her sense of community, identity, and home was shaped by her past travels. Casa de mi Corazón: A Travel Journal of Poetry and Memoir (Poetica Publishing) is the story of a Canadian woman on an inner and external journey to find home. As the granddaughter of Spanish Moroccan immigrants and Romanian Holocaust survivors, the author travels to Israel and Europe (1997–2005) to explore her roots. She navigates landscapes of the past and present to consider relationships with the Diaspora, Israel, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, terrorism, and Zionism. By confronting history, she brings healing to intergenerational trauma and discovers home is where the heart is, which is rooted in her rich Sephardic culture (Jews originally from Spain and Portugal), concluding the memoir with a eulogy to her late grandfather. As a result, the author transforms the disempowering wandering Jew motif by making her heart a home.
One of the poems featured in the upcoming chapbook is Tikkun Olam published in Poetica Magazine.
To learn more about Casa de mi Corazón: A Travel Journal of Poetry and Memoir:
Orders at lindsaysoberano.com
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I am the Editor/Founder of the MENTAL HEALTH publication Put It To Rest
Do you have a story to tell that you need to put to rest? Is your writing raw and vulnerable? Put It To Rest is a new publication accepting First-Person Stories OR Poetry about life experiences that have weighed on your mental health which you wish to explore through writing as a therapeutic endeavor. House your work here to Put It To Rest.
Publications
One of my first poetry publications was in Running with Scissors by Cumulus Press. My poetry has been published in titles such as Quills Erotic Canadian Poetry Magazine, Canadian Woman Studies Journal, Poetica Magazine, and various Canadian anthologies and magazines, such as Yalla Journal and Gam Yachad Journal. My articles have also appeared in titles such as ScaryMommy and Travel Thru History.
Recent publications include Fine Lines Literary Journal, Womanmade Gallery, Fresh Voices and Poetry Pause.
I’m a mom of three boys and a high school English teacher who believes in teaching the classics and contemporary literature.
I hold a Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from Concordia in Montreal
I recently earned a scholarship for Canadian teachers at Yad Vashem in Israel for Holocaust studies this summer. I will also be travelling to Frances
Style
My poetry is best described as lyrical, accessible, emotive, colloquial, rhythmic, repetitive, and concise sprinkled with wordplay and imagery. I seldom use punctuation and instead use enjambment.
Spoken Word
My background in the dramatic arts lends itself well to the spoken word. Watch I Call this Trauma on IGTV.
I recently performed at open mic Buddies In Bad Times Theatre in Toronto.
Interests and Passions
I love traveling and exploring new cultures in my writing. I have traveled to Israel, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Italy, England, Germany, Morocco, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the US and Canada.
I am interested in trauma poetry and healing and also write about topics such as mental health and suicide. I have a passion for erotic poetry that uses metaphorical language and female sexual empowerment to bring erotica to a more mainstream readership.
As a feminist, bisexual writer, I look at sexuality in the eye and question cultural norms and practices. For instance, Sex Miseducation explores how women lack education in reproductive health and sexual desires, while Through the Looking Glass questions sexual cultural norms.
Education
I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree (honors) in English and Creative Writing from Concordia University, a Bachelor of Education degree, and a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Toronto.
While at the University of Toronto I was lucky enough to find a professor willing to work with me on an independent study course in Jewish Canadian Literature. I read a ton of work by Montreal writers, Mordecai Richler, A.M. Klein, and Leonard Cohen, as well as Winnipeg’s Adele Wiseman.
Family
I live with my amazing husband and my boisterous sons. We are all hockey, nature, and food lovers!