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bpNichol, 1944-1988

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1944 September 30 - 1988 September 25

Parallel Names

  • Nichol, BP

Nationality

Candian

Found in 329 Collections and/or Records:

Anthology Meaning Meanings, 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-28995-30331
Scope and Contents

This booklet was written for a workshop in a grade school class and is a second edition of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Archive for Defying Linear Deification: Contemporary Toronto Visual Poetry and its Afterward 1 / curry, jw; Birney E; Nichol bp; UU D; Aylward D; Broudy H; Dutton P; McCaffery S; Truhlar R; Dean M; Amann E; Swede G; Shikatani G; Goluska G., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-20775-21180
Scope and Contents

curry traces the development of concrete and visual poetry in Toronto for an essay in Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly Vol.9 No.3-4, 1987, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. He lists Earle Birney's book entitled pnomes jukollages and other stunzas 1969, as the first concrete poetry by a main stream Canadian poet. He comments that bp Nichol's 1st book, Cycles etc., 7 Flowers Press, were chant structures that relied heavily on visual sonic similarities between words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Archive for The Boy's Alphabet Book / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Paterson, Dave; Nichol bp; Breger U; Harvey M; Tammes D., 1971 - 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12798-13084
Scope and Contents In 1971, Finlay sends letters to Michael Harvey, Udo Breger, and bp Nichol (Nichol letter not in Archive) asking assistance in publishing A Boy's Alphabet Book based upon photographs of his toy airplane, glider and ship models to be accompanied by a poem for each letter of the alphabet. He selects Diane Tammes as the photographer for this project and 3 of her b&w photographs are included in this Archive. Nichol replies in June 1973 that Coach House Press may be interested in publishing the book. Nichol replies to Finlay in July 1973 indicating that plans for publishing the book by Coach House Press are still progresing. Finlay replies that he is still looking for a photographer to do the images and brings up the Fulcrum Press legal battle. Nichol acknowledges receipt of the manuscript and photographs (Dave Paterson) in Nov 1974. Finlay replies that he is pleased with its acceptance. Archive contains three manuscripts for the text, designated first shot, second shot and third...
Dates: 1971 - 1976

art facts: a book of contexts / Nichol, bp ; Gorman L ; Padin C., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-47586-68595
Scope and Contents

This book consists of an anthology of Nichol's visual and concrete poetic works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Artfacts: A Book of Contents / Nichol, bp., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-05510-5615
Scope and Contents

Third volume in an ongoing series. First was Love C1972 & second Zygal 1985. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

bash(o)ful pondifications / Beaulieu, Derek ; Cain S ; Nichol bp., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-36536-38337
Scope and Contents

Cover was drawn by Stephen Cain after a character/style/etc. of bpNichol. The Sackner copy is one of two covers drawn for this pamphlet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Beach Head / Nichol, bp ; Wagner Dr., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-50568-71640
Scope and Contents

The cover line drawing was done by D.r. Wagner. In a poatscript, Nichol disavows these poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Berkeley Horse, The: 4 Ways of Looking at a Name. No.29/Jan / bp Nichol., 1991

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Identifier: CC-22779-23214
Scope and Contents

Produced by David UU. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Berkeley Horse, The: Ruth. No.43/Jan / bp Nichol ; McCaffery S., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-23600-24047
Scope and Contents

Produced by David UU. This poem was first published as Luv 5, in 1967 by Fleye Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Berkeley Horse, The: Space!! (oh i see). No.38/Apr / bp Nichol ; Beining G., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-23498-23943
Scope and Contents

Produced by David UU. The cover collage was designed by Guy R. Beining. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Berkeley Horse, The: Three Rhymes. No.12/Aug / bp Nichol ; UU D., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-22681-23115
Scope and Contents

Produced by David UU. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Bfp(h)age - An Anthology of Visual Poetry and Collage, 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-23009-23446
Scope and Contents

This book includes a reproduction detail of a Daniel f. Bradley rubberstamped drawing on sleep; the original is held by the Sackner Archive. The Sackner Archive also holds the original typing by Basmajian entitled "After Weeks and Weeks in the Intensive Care Unit" that is reproduced in this book. The total run of this book is probably 300 copies (signing not called for). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Bizarre. No.1/May / Ionesco E ; Henry M ; Ray M., 1955

 Item
Identifier: CC-46713-49443
Scope and Contents

Pages 49 and 50 present palindromes in French, English and German. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1955

Bored Messengers / Nichol, bp., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-05634-5741
Scope and Contents

These poems were taken from The Martyrology Bo(o)ks 7 (V11). According to Serendipity Books Canadian Poetry 1998 Internet, the publisher believed that the intended signed edition was abandoned. This was because Nichol died while the book was in press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

bp nichol 1944-1988 / curry, jw; Nichol bp., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-37649-39515
Scope and Contents

The sheet consists of four stamps that depict Nichol's face and the dates of his birth and death. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

bp Nichol, bp. bp. / Nichol, bp., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-30702-32146
Scope and Contents This collection includes Journeying & the returns, a soft cover book with a dust jacket; Wild Things for the Troggs, a booklet with flip pages; Borders, a 33 rpm record in a printed folder; and, Letters Home, a collection of 15 items in brown envelope. The latter consists of 1) cold mountain, a kinetic concrete poem object, 2) answer, a concrete, permutation poem printed on a computer input papercard, 3) bp, the letters joined together cut from silver coated papercard, 4) precarious, a shaped, letter picture poem printed on brown paper that has been folded, 5) pain, rain, pain, a concrete poem printed on a card, 6) to a Loved One, a printed envelope containing a folded, printed concrete typewriter poem, 7) who owl low, a text on text concrete poem printed on a card, 8) mind trap, a reproduction of a three dimensional letter picture printed on a card, 9) [shaped bottle], a shaped, letter picture printed in white on white, glossy papercard, 10) turnips are...spurtin, a concrete,...
Dates: 1967

[bp Nichol Lane] / Nichol, bp., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-05703-5810
Scope and Contents

Documents a street in Toronto named after bp Nichol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994