Bayard, in her Ph.D. dissertation, traces the beginning, growth and development of concrete poetry in Canada and focuses on styles of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book consists of a critical introduction to the work of eight contemporary Canadian poets, detailed interviews, and examples of their work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book consists of a critical introduction to the work of eight contemporary Canadian poets, detailed interviews, and examples of their work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Bayard dedicated the book, which developed from her doctoral thesis, to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. In the acknowledgments she states, "I would like to express my gratitude ...especially to Marvin Sackner for generously granting me unlimited access to his marvellous collection of concrete and post-modern artefacts. Without such direct, visual, and hands-on contact with concrete and deconstructed items, I would have known them only abstractly."Bayard's book is heavily oriented to criticism and theory of concrete poetry with particular attention to the work of bp Nichol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.