This book is a compendium of Canadian avant garde writing from 1965 to 1985. Margaret Atwood, who contributed an over-view essay of the work produced during those years, collaborated with Bok to organize the selections of experimental fiction by the authors. John Riddell contributed "Pope Leo: El Lope" from Criss-Cross. It is a lipogram using only the letters e, o, l and p. The contribution by bp Nichol is from "Still... a novel that depicts in minute detail the scenography for a potential, but postponed , story... his words provide a kind of textual terrain across which the eye pans like a camera." Steve McCaffery's "Panopticon" is an enigmatic whodunnit...The panopticon symbolizes the maze of words through which the reader must wander, playing the role of invisible spectator." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This anthology Includes reprints of a selection of curry's publishing activities focusing on his rubberstampings of minimalistic and concrete poems of his own and his circle of poets. Dean comments: this making precious of the single poem was the result of necessity as much as esthetic deliberation; curry published within a finite small budget. This could have caused poor-quality production, i.e. Gestetner, offset or xerox. Instead it resulted in hand-stamp, hand-set rubber type, as his chosen (& unique) means of publication. His scaled down book remained both anarchic and typographically refined. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work originally appeared as Gronk number 1: series 2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Also designated Minibooks #3. First published by Ganglia Press May 3, 1969. Writers Forum published it December 31, 1969. Performed as a sound poem at UBC Gallery of Fine Arts in April 1969. -- 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.

The poem by Nichol was submitted by his wife, Eleanor Nichol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The group is composed of Rafael Rivera-Barreto, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery and bp Nichol. Printed for Bookslinger on the occasion of the Four Horsemen's performance at the Walker Art Center, April 30, 1981. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The group is composed of Rafael Rivera-Barreto, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery and bp Nichol. Printed for Bookslinger on the occasion of the Four Horsemen's performance at the Walker Art Center, April 30, 1981. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.