Seymour Mayne is the author, editor or translator of more than fifty books and monographs, including anthologies and critical texts. At the University of Ottawa where he serves as Professor of Canadian Literature, Canadian Studies, and Creative Writing, he has supervised the publication of a series of twenty annual anthologies of new student writing. Over the years he has helped sustain the Ottawa and national capital literary community. He co-founded the poetry monthly Bywords, the poster magazine Graffito, and for a number of seasons he served as mc of the popular poetry reading venue, Bard.
His work is represented in more than eighty national and international anthologies, and his own writings have been translated into French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish. He has given hundreds of lectures and readings at universities and other institutions across Canada, the U.S., and abroad.
Works by Seymour Mayne
Poetry by Seymour Mayne
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Contemporary Dramatists & the Art of the Theatre. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 85 (Summer 1980): 60-60.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Contemporary Dramatists & the Art of the Theatre. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 85 (Summer 1980): 61-61.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Contemporary Dramatists & the Art of the Theatre. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 85 (Summer 1980): 61-61.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Nature / Culture. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 170-171 (Autumn/Winter 2001): 160-161.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Nature / Culture. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 170-171 (Autumn/Winter 2001): 161-161.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Slavic and East-European Connections. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 120 (Spring 1989): 82-82.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Slavic and East-European Connections. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 120 (Spring 1989): 81-81.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Poets & Politics. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 105 (Summer 1985): 31.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Poets & Politics. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 105 (Summer 1985): 30.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in 25th Anniversary Issue. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 100 (Spring 1984): 230-230.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in 25th Anniversary Issue. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 100 (Spring 1984): 230-230.
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Lovers and Losers. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 59 (Winter 1974): 40-41.
Book Reviews by Seymour Mayne
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Ultramarine – Hail and Farewell. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 64 (Spring 1975): 98-101.
- 4 Montreal Poets by David Solway (Author)
- The White Magnet by Marc Plourde
- The Stately Homes of Westmount by Harry Howith
By Seymour Mayne
Published in Poets Past and Future. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 56 (Spring 1973): 119-121.
- No Address by Avi Boxer
By Seymour Mayne
Published in A Salute to Earle Birney. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 30 (Autumn 1966): 73-74.
- A Divided Voice by Francis Sparshott
Book Reviews of Seymour Mayne's Works
By Seymour Mayne
Reviewed in Poems New and Old by David Johnstone
By Mark Frutkin, Rebecca Leaver, Seymour Mayne, Susan Robertson and Nicola Vulpe
Reviewed in Between Exposures by Travis V. Mason
By Seymour Mayne and Sebastian Frye
Reviewed in Music and Words by Tina Northrup
By Marya Fiamengo, Janice Fiamengo, Seymour Mayne and Russell Thornton
Reviewed in Three Canadian Poets by Kristen Guest
By George Amabile, Leonard Gasparini, Seymour Mayne, George Swede and Ted Plantos
Reviewed in A Poetic Potpourri by R. W. Stedingh
By Seymour Mayne
Reviewed in Destinations by Marya Fiamengo
By Seymour Mayne
Reviewed in War & After by Michael Thorpe
By Seymour Mayne
Reviewed in Poetry and Polemics by Gwendolyn Davies
By Seymour Mayne
Reviewed in Other Vancouverites by Al (Alfred W) Purdy
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