Lynn Szabo, Ma

Biography

Prof. Lynn Szabo is a distinguished scholar of the poet, mystic, and political activist Thomas Merton, an emerging, significant figure in twentieth century American literary studies. She is the editor of the first comprehensive selection of Merton’s poetry, In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems of Thomas Merton. As an Americanist, her other recent work includes a study of the nineteenth-century poet Emily Dickinson. She is a published poet and teaches creative writing courses in the department.

Research Interest

American literature, Thomas Merton's Poetics, Canadian women poets, Creative Writing, Genre studies, Literature & Spirituality, and Christian mysticism.