Lynn Strongin (born February 27, 1939) is an American poet currently residing in Canada who has published more than two dozen books.

A pioneering writer on issues of feminism and disability, her poetry and other writings have appeared in a large number of literary magazines and influential anthologies including Sisterhood Is Powerful, No More Masks!

[3] During World War 2, her father's work with injured and shell-shocked soldiers led the family to travel across the Eastern and Southern United States.

[8] During this time she also connected with others in the literary community including Robert Duncan, Kay Boyle, and Josephine Miles.

[25] During this time she also published a number of poems in various magazines and journals such as Poetry, New York Quarterly and The Ladder, the first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States.

Library Journal praised the novel, saying "The entwining of emotion and memory, and the tenderness women share are concerns Strongin explores in sharply etched vignettes.

Strongin has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[32] the American Association of University Women,[22] and PEN America[9] while her book Spectral Freedom was nominated by her publisher for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.

"[8] A review in Parnassus described Strongin writings as being the "poetry of the emergencies of consciousness in conflict with excrutiating recollections" that still "woos the reader by dint of sheer lyricism and imagination.

But because they confront and transcend life's bonds so boldly the reader feels a breathtaking sense of clarity and freedom.