Sheri-D Wilson
Contributor Banff Centre Press
Sheri-D Wilson (poet, playwright, performer, filmmaker, essayist, teacher) has been called one of North America’s most compelling action poets. Her unparalleled performance style is rich with erotic jazz, infused with a sharp feminist sensibility, and laced with a dangerous wit. Of the beat tradition, in 1989 Sheri-D studied at Naropa, the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder. Sheri-D’s unique poetry shatters all conventions. In 2003 she won the Heavyweight of poetry, USA in a Bumbershoot Bout against the incredible Andrei Codrescu. She has travelled the world performing and has published five collections of poetry with work included in six anthologies, numerous poetry CDs including work on the anthology coming out of the Word Up project, videos, and websites. Not limited to poetry, Sheri-D has also written for the Globe and Mail, contributed to CBC programming, and has published and performed in four jazz plays.