2022
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, E. (2022). Three seas [Review of the books Bird collector, The sea walks into a wall and Sea-light]. Landfall Review Online, (March). Retrieved from https://landfallreview.com/three-seas
Creative Work
Lyons, E. (2022). What gets us through. The stinging fly (January). Retrieved from https://stingingfly.org/2022/01/05/what-gets-us-through
Lyons, E. (2022). My mother says my poems make her sound like a right bitch. The stinging fly, 2(46). [Poetry].
Other Research Output
Lyons, E. (2021). Fiona and Sue interview Emer Lyons, editor of I do not cede. Quilted Bananas Radio Programme, Wellington Access Radio. Retrieved from https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=fcf0407c-1421-4685-88e8-09b286553fcb
2021
Chapter in Book - Research
Lyons, E. (2021). 'She's a fine girl': Early experiences of sexuality and selfhood in Eimear McBride's A girl is a half-formed thing and Charlotte Roche's Wetlands. In K. Aughterson & D. Philips (Eds.), Women writers and experimental narratives: Early modern to contemporary. (pp. 227-243). Cham, Swizterland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-49651-7_13
Journal - Research Article
Lyons, E. (2021). Bodies of water in the poetry of Eavan Boland (IRE) and Rhian Gallagher (NZ) [Corpos de água na poesia de Eavan Boland (IRE) e Rhian Gallagher (NZ)]. ABEI Journal: The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies, 23(2), 147-159. doi: 10.37389/abei.v23i2.19775689
Lyons, E. (2021). The moldy avocado: Shame, failure, and the future in Mary Dorcey's "Daughter". College Literature, 48(3), 556-574. doi: 10.1353/lit.2021.0020
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, E. (2021). Growing up queer [Review of the play The changing shed]. Pantograph Punch. Retrieved from https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/growing-up-queer
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Lyons, E. (2021, June). Sea and fog: Second generation Irish diaspora poets in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Canadian Association for Irish Studies (CAIS)/Association canadienne d’études irlandaises (ACEI) Annual Meeting, [Online].
Performance
Lyons, E. (Writer, director) (2021). Dracula: A radio play, Collaboration between The Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, Otago Access Radio, and Suitcase Theatre. Retrieved from https://oar.org.nz/dracula/
Creative Work
Lyons, E. (2021). Your aorta is in your chest. Stasis (2). Retrieved from https://www.stasisjournal.com/home/your-aorta-is-in-your-chest
Lyons, E. (2021). Making a documentary. Newsroom: Readingroom (March). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/readingroom/short-story-making-a-documentary-by-emer-lyons
Lyons, E. (2021-2022). Linguistic stripper & Dave's dick-shaped horn cake. The stinging fly, 2(45). [Poetry].
Other Research Output
Lyons, E. (2021, May). Queer love: Paul McVeigh, James Hudson, Emer Lyons and Shannon Lee. West Cork Literary Festival. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfHscQjRzgQ
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Lyons, E. B. (2021). Part(s) (w)hole: Manifestations of shame in lesbian poetry from Ireland and New Zealand since 1982 (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/11988
2020
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, E. (2020). A wellspring [Review of the book Wild honey: Reading New Zealand women's poetry]. Landfall Review Online, (February). Retrieved from https://landfallreview.com/a-wellspring/
Creative Work
Lyons, E. (2020). Cork city sports with the big nun. Takahē, 100, 31-33. [Poetry].
Lyons, E. (2020). Nothing repaired, nothing gained. Landfall, 239, 51. [Poetry].
Lyons, E. (2020). Elegy for God's own country. The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/18-09-2020/the-friday-poem-elegy-for-gods-own-country-by-emer-lyons
Other Research Output
Lyons, E. (2020, February). Poetry Shelf questions poets: Do poetry communities matter to you? [Contribution]. NZ Poetry Shelf. Retrieved from https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2020/02/21/poetry-shelf-questions-poets-do-poetry-communities-matter-to-you/
Lyons, E. (2020, March). Solace [Poetry Shelf offers a solace reading list from poets]. NZ Poetry Shelf. Retrieved from https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2020/03/20/poetry-shelf-offers-a-solace-reading-list-from-poets
2019
Journal - Research Article
Lyons, E. (2019). The melodrama of Heather McPherson's 'for her thirtysixth year, a breakout'. Journal of New Zealand Literature, 37(1), 144-158.
Lyons, E. (2019). Coming home: Lesbian poetics and homelessness. Studi Irlandesi, 2019(9), 113-135. doi: 10.13128/SIJIS-2239-3978-25513
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, E. (2019). [Review of the book Famished]. Queen Mob's Teahouse. Retrieved from https://queenmobs.com/2019/08/cherry-smyths-famished-book-review-by-emer-lyons
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Lyons, E. (2019). MTV and ME, ME, ME: How 90s pop culture messed up millennials. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Sociology for Everyone: Mātautaga nohoanga ā-iwi ki te katoa. Retrieved from https://saanz2019.sched.com
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Lyons, E. (2019, May-June). The homelessness of lesbian poets. Verbal presentation at the Canadian Association for Irish Studies (CAIS) Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Lyons, E. (2019, March). Uses of shame. Verbal presentation at the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Creative Work
Lyons, E. (2019). Coming home: After Mary Dorcey and Cherry Smyth. Robert Burns Poetry Competition: Published poets section. Retrieved from https://hail.to/dunedin-public-libraries-k-kete-wnaka-o-tepoti/article/q1QDZFk
Other Research Output
Lyons, E. (2019, February). Poetry shelf classic poem: Emer Lyons on Heather McPherson. NZ Poetry Shelf. Retrieved from https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2019/02/27/poetry-shelf-classic-poem-emer-lyons-on-heather-mcpherson/
Lyons, E. (2019, August). The Lesbian of the species. The female of the species: A celebration of women in history, Special Collections Lunchtime Talks, Central Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
2018
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, E. (2018). [Review of the book Bury it]. Queen Mob's Teahouse. Retrieved from https://queenmobs.com/2018/09/poetry-review-sam-sax-bury-it
Lyons, E. (2018). Gardens and gloom [Review of the books This joyous, chaotic place, Dear tombs, dear horizon, and Last stop before insomnia/Dernier Arrêt Avant l’Insomnie]. Landfall Review Online, (December). Retrieved from https://landfallreview.com/gardens-and-gloom
Creative Work
Lyons, E. (2018). Staring at the wall. Into the void (October). Retrieved from https://intothevoidmagazine.com/article/staring-at-the-wall
2017
Creative Work
Lyons, E. (2017). Winter wood. The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/13-10-2017/the-friday-poem-winter-wood-by-emer-lyons
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