This evocative book binds the ancient past with the distant future \u2013 by reclaiming the present. It is a recitation and a prayer of reconciliation, whether expressed in radical chant filled with the optimism of healing or in the Celtic lament of a cunning passage-play.<\/p>\n
Open Letter<\/em> is a hymn that revisits the poet’s adolescence with the extended tension of a Deirdre of the Sorrows. It is an incantation heard in the beat of a Bodhr\u00e1n, Calling the Taliesin in, through which everything flows, from River to lyric Stone. But mostly it is a epistle to the world, to all those who have been harmed and seek a path to recovery.<\/p>\n Conceived out of improvisation, this collage of thresholds and crossings zeroes-in on the topic of violence against women, with wisdom and poignant insight. Prepare to be moved to action as Open Letter compares the desecration of the earth to the treatment of women.<\/p>\n If Sheri-D Wilson never writes another word again, with this book she\u2019ll have guaranteed herself a place in the canon of Canadian poetry. As far as I\u2019m concerned, it\u2019s her masterpiece\u2014 although, wait a minute, maybe I need to reconsider that terminology. In her case, we may have to find a better name, and simply call this \u201cwoman-piece\u201d her most important work. This book is an eloquent reminder that violence against women continues to this day, on a global scale. Fortunately, people like Sheri-D Wilson’s are fighting against it, with strong, movign words that leap off the page into the hearts and minds of readers, there to inspire, influence and stir to action. With an arsenal of eight poetry books under her belt, her latest, Open Letter: Woman Against Violence Against Women, <\/em>is a biting work. It presents healing, history, defense lessons, and consolation without shying away from the discernible anger that drives the project. Not one to shy away from experimentation, Wilson frees up sonnets by breaking them into minimalistic imagery. Alternately, she constrains free forms into her own molds, making the female voice a transformative one. The book may seem more straightforward in its messaging than what we\u2019ve come to expect from Wilson, who is known as the \u201cMama of Dada\u201d for her debt to the avant-garde early 20th-century art movement that favoured chaos over form. She has also earned a reputation for her improvisational and live-performance skills and as a leading proponent of spoken word. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Publisher: Frontenac House; 1st edition (2014) Shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":518,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[23],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheridwilson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheridwilson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheridwilson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheridwilson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheridwilson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheridwilson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheridwilson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reviews<\/h2>\n
\n\u2013 Heidi Greco<\/strong>, The Indie Nub Arts Hub<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Joanne Morcom<\/b>, The Advocate<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Jacqueline Valencia<\/b>, Broken Pencil<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Eric Volmers<\/b>, Calgary Herald<\/a><\/p>\n
\nISBN: 978-1927823231<\/p>\n