Everything You Hold Dear

From 2007 to 2016, Jamie Sharpe led an itinerant life, throughout British Columbia and the Yukon, in Sechelt, Prince George, Dawson, Salmon Arm, Whitehorse, Galiano, and Texada Island. When family life solidified around a sedentary existence, old scattershot suggested new targets ... By way of time's amnesia, we've almost lost Sharpe entirely; only a few of his worm-eaten books remain in the musty libraries of literary perverts. The great record of Canadian literature is a list of prestigious "-ists" and "-isms" (the Realists gave way to Naturalists, replaced by Symbolists, affronted by Dadaism, bled into Surrealism, birthing the Post-Absurdist-Nouveau Roman ... ). Part roman à clef, lies, composite, and compendium, Everything You Hold Dear is an ode to poetry and a posthumous work from a living writer. A Canadian collection of poems with a running narrative about poets from across the country. Jamie Sharpe is the author of three other collections of poetry: Animal Husbandry Today, Cut-up Apologetic, and Dazzle Ships. He lives in Comox, B.C. Short Description. A Canadian collection of poems with a running narrative about poets from across the country. Sales and Market Bullets - This collection features poems about firsthand experiences in the world of Canadian poetry. - "A self-reflective exploration of anxiety and ways to hide Dazzle Ships is a thoughtful collection with lots of 'funny bits,' lots of insightful bits, and is simply a delight to read." - Broken Pencil on Dazzle Ships Audience - Fans of Timothy Donnelly, Matthew Zapruder, or Ken Babstock - CanLit poetry crowd and reviewers - Poetry readers and collectors - Readers of Jamie Sharpe's previous works - Outreach to Canadian major dailies and CBC radio programming - Reviews in national and regional literary publications, in Canada and U.S. - Social media promotion featuring cover art - Regional media focus in B.C. - ARC giveaways through ECW Insiders, Library. Thing, NetGalley, Edelweiss, etc.