Sharon Nelson

Sharon H. Nelson is a poet and essayist with a theatre and dance background. She has written for stage, newspapers, journals, and technical publications; worked as an editor and managing editor, and occasionally has taught writing and editing. She is the author of many books and chapbooks of poems, and her writing has appeared in a variety of anthologies, including Voices Within the Ark: the Modern Jewish Poets and At Our Core: Women Writing About Power. Her poetry book, This Flesh These Words, addresses how we use language to form and deform as well as to sustain community. It was published by Ekstasis Editions in 2002. You can visit Sharon Nelson at http://www3.sympatico.ca/sharon.nelson/index.htm