Levine, Sherri: I Remember Not Sleeping

Fernwood Press, paperback

Publication Date: August 13, 2024

Publisher's Marketing:

Each line, each page is a separate pathway into Sherri Levine's I Remember Not Sleeping. Some are straight or with curves you can't see beyond, and some are for just listening for the particular sound of the particular footstep. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations by Moises Camacho, Levine's poem intrigues and pulls the reader into a strange and fragile state of mind.

Jason Renaud, Director, Mental Health Association of Portland

In Sherri Levine's I Remember Not Sleeping, time and space collapses like a star. You can hear the poet receiving transmissions from Joe Brainard, from the gray walls of an institution, from her own soul, and in straightforward, lyric verse transmitting what she hears onto us. This poem is good company for anyone who has struggled with mental health, for anyone who has felt alone, for anyone being bounced around in the sea of life. Which is to say, it's a poem for all of us.

Matthew Dickman, Author of Husbandry

In Sherri Levine's remarkable book, she uses words and images to illuminate the mystery, the pain, the desperate loneliness involved in mental illness. The artwork paired with almost every stanza moves the viewer and compels an emotional reaction. A tour de force.

Pattie Palmer-Baker, Portland artist and poet