The Book of Sensations

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"Language is the essence of being human, Poetry is the essence of language, And Sheri-D Wilson is the essence of essence." -- Bob Holman, poet, founder of the Bowery Poetry Club "Books, books, books -- why wont they leave me alone? I cant sleep because I have too many books, I cant make love, I cant eat, I cant move to a smaller house because I have too many books. If the megathrust earthquake strikes the West Coast, Ill be flattened by falling books." -- Lorna Crozier, Poet, Governor Generals Award winner "Sher-D Wilson's The Book of Sensations is as much, or more so, about language as it is about sensations. And because much of Wilson's fame comes from Spoken Word, the reader might expect sound to be the predominant sensation. And it is. Her voice rises from the page, much in the cadence of rap...what poet wouldn't want to get carried away in a conversation about sensations of language?" - Beth Everest, Freefall, Volume XXVII Number 3 Fall 2017 Emily Ursuliak's Throwing the Diamond Hitch offers an insightful and endearing literary testament of Phyllis and Anne's 1951 trip from the west coast to the Rockies and back again. The story ties together many seeming dichotomies: the mixture of poetry and prose, the factual accounts from the journal and literary interpretations, third person omniscience and first person accounts, and the triumph of Anne and Phyllis' individuality and the connection to the community they discover. This omnipresent layering leaves you longing to return to the story to unweave that hitch, but it is this literary knot that makes the work so intriguing in the first place. - Logan Pollon, Freefall Magazine Sheri-D Wilson turns language on its head, exuberantly coining new words that seem absolutely necessary-like arborolatry (a great word for idolizing trees). Her mastery of sound is hypnotic. - Kerry Clare, 49th Shelf