Designated fives number fifteen. Poems were performed at five Toronto High Schools by Bob Cobbing and bill bissett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cobbing and Bill Smith first performed this work on October 14, 1986 in honor of bp Nichol. A special edition of the periodical, Open Letter, was produced for the occasion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This first edition differs from the later, revised edition in its covers, fold-outs, and the presence of an offset page. There are more rubberstamped texts and less typewriter poetry in the first edition than the revised edition. The revised edition also has pages printed in red ink whereas the first edition does not. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was compiled by jw curry from unpublished (?) concrete poems of bp Nichol's early work which were composed by typings or writings. curry had access to these works through cataloging of Nichol's archive. These works emphasize the diversity and intelligence of Nichol's typewriter poetry; the calligraphic works are presented with far less examples. The cited authors in this book consist of those whom Nichol composed a poem in their style or as an homage to them. The covers of the book have been collaged with a dust jacket created from an overprinting of a cover by Coach House Press entitled, 'New Wave Canada.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.