Sheri-D Wilson is a Canadian poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

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Playwright

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Sheri-D Wilson has written seven (7) collections of poetry; her most recent, Autopsy of a Turvy World (2008, Frontenac House), was launched in April 2008. Her last collection, Re:Zoom (2005, Frontenac House), won the 2006 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, and was shortlisted for the CanLit award. She has 2 Spoken Word CDs (arranged by Russell Broom), and 4 award-winning VideoPoems: Airplane Paula (2001), Spinsters Hanging in Trees (2002), Surf Rave Girrly Girrl (2004), and The Panty Portal (2008), all produced for BravoFACT.

Other Awards Include:
Global TV's Woman of Vision Award (2006), SpoCan Award (2005), Bumbershoot Heavyweight Title for Poetry USA (2003), Gold Award at the Houston Film Festival (2003), Three ACE awards (2003), AMPIA (2003, for best short or vignette), CBC Face-off (2002).

Reading Highlights:

• Voix d'Amériques 2008, (2005; Montreal)
• Bumbershoot 2003 (1999, 1992, 1991, 1989; Seattle)
• Vancouver International Writers Festival 2002 (2000, 1995, 1993, 1990; Vancouver)
• The World Poetry Bout 2002 (Taos, New Mexico)
• Poetry Africa 2001 (South Africa)
• WordFest 2008, 2000, ’95 (Calgary; Banff)
• Harbourfront Reading Series 1993 (Toronto)
• Small Press Festival 1990 (New York City)

Other Highlights:

• Women and Words, 2003-2007 (instructor)
• First Time Eyes: Unearthing Spoken Word, 2007 essay (Canadian Theatre Review)
• Heart of a Poet, 2006, featured poet documentary series
• Bowery Project, 2005 (Instructor), Alberta Scene, 2005 (a commemoration of Alberta's centennial)
• Human Rights Symposium 2005: Victoria
• Sounds Like Canada, 2002 CBC Poet in Residence
• Addicted: Notes From The Belly Of The Beast, 2001 essay entitled Blackout
• Confessions a Jazz Play, 1991 text of play (Theatrum)

In the beat tradition, in 1989 she studied at Naropa University

Naropa University

Naropa University is a private American liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher and Oxford University scholar Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda.Naropa describes itself as...

's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...

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Wilson founded the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival in 2003 , produced the 2008 National Slam, and founded/organized SWAN (Spoken Word Arts Network, 2007, 2005). She is the Program Director of the Spoken Word Program at Banff Centre.

Poetry

• Bull Whips and Lambs Wool (1989, Petarade Press)
• Swerve (1993, Arsenal Pulp Press
  Arsenal Pulp Press
  Arsenal Pulp Press is a Canadian independent book publishing company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company publishes a broad range of titles in both fiction and non-fiction, and is noted for founding the annual Three-Day Novel Contest .Authors who have been published by Arsenal Pulp ...
  
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• Girl’s Guide to Giving Head (1996, Arsenal Pulp Press)
• The Sweet Taste of Lightning (1999, Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Between Lovers (2002, Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Re:Zoom (2005, Frontenac House Press)
• Autopsy of a Turvy World (2008, Frontenac House Press)
• Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe (2012, Frontenac House Press)

External links

• Official Website