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Mary Rykov

Member profile details

Membership level

Full

First name

Mary

Last name

Rykov

Country

Canada

ABOUT

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Location (city/town)

Toronto, Ontario CANADA

Biography

Puerto Rico-born María Helena Auerbach Rykov is a music therapist-researcher, editor, educator, and writer who currently lives and works in Tkaronto (Toronto). Her songs, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction appear in various venues. She freelances as a writing mentor and editor in multiple genres and disciplines, and serves as volunteer editor for refugee writers through PEN Canada. When not playing with words or music, this poet is a compulsive knitter and an ardent dandelion enthusiast, cyclist, and foodie. More at https://www.maryrykov.com.

"The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last." — Louise Glück

Languages and translation

English
Spanglish/espangles

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITION

Books and other publications

some conditions apply: poems. [book] Inanna Publications, 2020.

music at a time like this. [compact disc] Music Therapy Services, 2006.

Genres

Print poetry
Prose poetry

Genres (non-poetry)

Creative non-fiction
Academic writing
Literary fiction

BOOK THIS POET TODAY

Contact poet directly

mary.rykov.editor@gmail.com

League-funded opportunities

Canada Poetry Tours (national)
Readings in Public Places (Toronto)
Poets in the Schools (Ontario)
National Poetry Month (national, April only)

International bookings

mary.rykov.editor@gmail.com

Editorial services

Individual poem editing
Fiction editing
Non-fiction editing
One-on-one mentoring

Editorial services: detail

All levels of editing (substantive, structural , stylistic, copyedit, proofread).