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bpNichol, 1944-1988

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1944 September 30 - 1988 September 25

Parallel Names

  • Nichol, BP

Nationality

Candian

Found in 321 Collections and/or Records:

The Story of Cinderella / Eckert, Rosemary ; Nichol bp ; Caruso B., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-29724-31101
Scope and Contents

The story was written by Rosemary Eckert, a schoolgirl, age 6 years. bp Nichol provided a brief introductory essay and Barbara Caruso designed the covers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Thumbprints / Fetherling, Douglas, editor ; Nichol bp ; bissett b ; Atwood M ; Ball N ; Souster R ; Garnet E ; Colombo JR., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-11248-11463
Scope and Contents

Subtitled "An Anthology of Hitchhiking Poems," this may be considered a precursor to the hitchhiking poems and journal of John Curry on his trip across Canada in 1994, held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Tlaloc. No.13 / Cavan McCarthy, editor ; levy da ; Baxter E ; Clark TA ; Carter A ; Chopin H ; Nichol bp ; Hausmann R ; Fisher R., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-48236-69260
Scope and Contents

bp Nichol designed the cover. "The Para-Concrete Manifesto" by the North American concretists (da levy) is on the back cover. This manifesto is also present on the verso of a letter from Cavan McCarthy to George Dowden which is also held by the Sackner Archive. Loc-Sheets No.17-24 that document the concrete poetry scene in 1966 is stapled to one copy of this issue. da levy contributed a typed. punctuation poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Tonto or: alaphbit. No.7 / bp Nichol., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-50827-71905
Scope and Contents

This pamphlet was included in Agentzia 2 but is stored in the "Tonto or" portfolio box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Tonto or: Portrait of David. No.2 / bp Nichol ; Aylward D., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-01522-1555
Scope and Contents

The cover consists of an ink drawing done by David Aylward to whom the poem is dedicated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Tonto or: The Langwedge. No.5 / bp Nichol., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-01523-1556
Scope and Contents

Two copies are held by the Sackner Archive; there are slight variations in the cover drawings by Nichol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Tracing the Paths: Reading Writing The Martyrology / Miki, Roy, editor ; Nichol bp ; Davey F ; McCaffery S ; Niechoda I ; Barbour D ; Tallman W ; Scobie S ; curry jw ; Bowering G ; Wah F ; Aylward D., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-30385-31801
Scope and Contents

This book is an anthology of definitive, critical essays and documentation of bp Nichol's long poem entitled "The Martyrology" that was15 years in the making. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Truth: A book of fictions edited by Irene Niechoda / Nichol, bp ; Clark TA ; Houedard DS., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-47756-68775
Scope and Contents

This is a posthumous publication put together by Niechoda from bp Nichol's notes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Trystero Px Stamps / curry, jw; Nichol bp; Zappa F; UU D; Basmajian S., 1994 - 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-54678-990118
Scope and Contents

The stamps depict head shots of the deceased poets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994 - 2001

Two Novels: Andy / For Jesus Lunatick Second Edition / Nichol, bp., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-31563-33058
Scope and Contents

In contrast to the first edition in which the prose and poems were printed in back to back reversed sections for each of the two novels, the printing in this second edition is sequential. The illustrations are printed in their designated positions for "Andy" but the pages are left blank for the novel "For Jesus Lunatick. The book design is not nearly as successful as the first edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971