Mary Beth Hines

Poet

Reading, MA
Massachusetts US

Author's Bio

Mary Beth Hines is an award-winning poet, and Pushcart nominee in short fiction and poetry, who earned a bachelor of arts in English from The College of the Holy Cross and studied at Durham University in England. Her poetry, short fiction, and non-fiction appear in dozens of literary journals and anthologies nationally and abroad. Winter at a Summer House is her first poetry collection. It can be purchased online at Kelsay Books, through local bookstores, or on Amazon. Visit her online at www.marybethhines.com.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Winter At A Summer House (Kelsay Books, 2021)
Prizes won: 

Third prize in Poetry Superhighway 2021 Contest.

Pushcart nominee for short fiction, 2021; for poetry, 2022.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson, Tracy K. Smith, WB Yeats, WH Auden, Flannery O'Connor, James Joyce, Rachel Custer, Denise Levertov, Alicia Ostriker, Carolyn Forsché, Robert Cording, Michael Lavers, Michael Dechane, Joy Harjo, and so many more!
What I'm reading now: 
Surfacing by Emily Tuszynska, The Skin Palace by Jack O'Connell

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Waltham, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Waltham, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Jan 28, 2024