Sharon Harris
Biography
Sharon Harris (b.1972) is a writer and artist living in Toronto. Her work has appeared in magazines, literary journals, and newspapers, and on radio and television across Canada. Sharon’s column “Fun With ‘Pataphysics” is part of Word: Canada’s Magazine for Readers + Writers. She has photographed Toronto literary readings for almost five years, and has documented 108 events to date (averaging two events a month posted online).
In 2006, her first solo photo exhibition received national media attention, she curated a group show about urban art as part of the Scream Literary festival, she became a Torontoist.com contributor, Geist published her first feature photo essay, and the Mercury Press launched her first book of poetry (which she co-designed with Beverley Daurio), AVATAR.
In 2007, Sharon plans to finish an illustrated manuscript that is a six-year-long cultural study of the words “I love you.”
Poet's Note
AVATAR is an Abstract Visual Asymmetric Technology Apperception Resource (26 figures labelled A–Z + poems & a manifesto; 102 pp. numbered in binary).
The book object itself is only a few months old, and so far I’ve read from it dressed as a modern-day ‘pataphysicist, fêted it in a bookstore with Santa Claus and alphabet gingerbread, and performed as one of my alter egos painted purple head-to-toe.
For the Test Reading Series, I plan to read my own book as myself, and I will read the lines as they come—including the words in the visuals. At this point, I think that’s the best strategy for everyone involved.
Sample Poem
External Links
Dan Waber’s Minimalist Concrete
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