The word Sharawadji was first used by Sir William Temple in Upon the Gardens of Epicurus (1685) to describe the effects of the “oriental style” in which “beauty shall be great, and strike the eye, but without any order or disposition of the parts that shall be commonly or easily observed.”
Brian Henderson is the author of ten collections of poetry, the most recent of which, Nerve Language (Pedlar Press, 2007), was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award.
He holds a PhD in Canadian Literature, has worked in many facets of Canadian publishing, and is currently the director of Wilfrid Laurier University Press.