Scope and Contents Amazon.com: "bpNichol was one of Canada's most innovative, eclectic, entertaining, and, yes, enigmatic poets, making startling interventions in the development of poetry and profoundly influencing both his own and subsequent generations of writers. The Alphabet Game: A bpNichol Reader amasses key texts from the very broad spectrum of Nichol's work, including both classic favourites and more obscure treasures. From the early typewriter poetry of Konfessions of an Elizabethan Fan Dancer and the life-long poem The Martyrology to the heartbreaking prose of Journal and the whimsical autobiography of Selected Organs, The Alphabet Game traces the trajectory of this wildly imaginative and prolific poet. This Nichol anthology is an ideal introduction for readers encountering Nichol for the first time, and a much-needed compendium for Nichol fans seeking access to works not readily available. "His wit, along with the seriousness, was there to keep the language free and untethered, to keep...

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Printed by Cris Cheek. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Reproduced in the book "Bob Cobbing & Writers Forum". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poems in this book are printed with a mixture of typewritten text, computer generated text, and freely expressive calligraphic styles. A tape cassette of this poem published by Underwhich editions is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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McCaffery has published very witty variations on this poem in the imagined style of others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page depicts single poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The material consists of documentation of the exhibition installation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These are the photographic negatives for the catalog illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The material consists of photographs used to illustrate the catalog for this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The collage was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing mounted on papercard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Composed of four square panels which are connected vertically by colored cloth tapes allowing them to fold over. On the first panel, Share has fashioned a poem from the wooden tiles of the game, Scrabble, that is reflective of Gominger's constellation poem, Ping Pong, and collaged the tiles to the game board. The remaining panels contain collaged printed and photocopied colored images relating to the theme of bells. The word, Bell, is written several times on the second panel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Calendar design was done by Herbert M. Rosenthal. Consists of one poem print per month with a critical analysis by Stephen Bann on an accompanying page. The poems include ho/horizon, ajar, net/net, cork/net, acrobats, wave/rock, green waters, you/me, broken/heartbroken, wind/wind, ring of waves, and le circus. In the 1990 Finlay bibliography, a set of 12 framed poems from this calendar was offered for $3200 (calendar is out of print). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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O'Gallagher prints a hilarious spoof of an interview of Andy Warhol in concrete poetry that is depicted with this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.