Breaking Up With the Cobalt Blues by Lindsay Soberano Wilson

Lindsay Soberano Wilson is a mother, teacher, and author. "The Japanese Red Maple" from Hoods of Motherhood: A Collection of Poems (Prolific Pulse Press, 2023), a bittersweet reflection on motherhood, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her second poetry book, Breaking Up with the Cobalt Blues: Poems for Healing (Prolific Pulse Press, 2024), curating artistry from pain, was featured on CBC Radio One's Ontario Morning and CBC Books to Read. She is a contributing writer to the anthologies Cadence: Life's Poetic Rhythms (2024) and Social Possibilities: Poetic Voices of Hope (2025), which were Finalists in the American Writing Awards. Casa de mi Corazón: A Travel Journal of Poetry and Memoir (Poetica Publishing, 2021) explores how her Canadian Jewish identity was shaped by travel to Israel, Morocco, and Europe. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, India, and France, in publications like Jewish Women of Words, Silver Birch Press, Spill Words Press, Poetry Super Highway, Fine Lines Literary Journal, and Fevers of the Mind.​ She holds a Master of Arts in English Literature and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto, and an undergraduate degree in Creative Writing from Concordia University. She is writing about being a third-generation Holocaust Survivor in "Be A Somebody: A 3G Memoir." Her essay "Bubby Was Right" was featured in Zibby's On Being Jewish Now.