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The Alphabet Game

a bpNichol reader

For first-time readers of bpNichol, this comprehensive collection is a perfect introduction to his groundbreaking work; for loyal Nichol fans, this reader is the the long-awaited compilation of his less readily available work.

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bpNichol (Barrie Phillip Nichol) was born in Vancouver, BC, in 1944. In 1963, he received a teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia and briefly taught elementary school. He also worked for the University of Toronto Libraries, was a therapist and administrator for a therapy foundation, and, in the 1980s, wrote for the children’s television show Fraggle Rock, created by Jim Henson. bpNichol died in 1988.; Lori Emerson is an associate professor in the Department of English and the Inter-media Arts, Writing, and Performance Program and founding director of the Media Archaeology Lab. She writes about media poetics as well as the history of computing, media archaeology, media theory, and digital humanities. Her current book projects include Other Networks, a history of telecommunications networks that existed before or outside of the Internet, and THE LAB BOOK: Situated Practices in Media Studies, co-written with Jussi Parikka and Darren Wershler.; Darren Wershler-Henry, (b. 1966) is a Canadian experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic.
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Poem: Prologue: The Complete Works 2 $0.20

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Contents from Konfessions of an Elizabethan Fan Dancer (1967/1973): NOT WHAT THE SIREN SANG BUT WHAT THE FRAG MEANT — Poem for Kenneth Patchen — Blues — Easter Pome — … 5 $0.50

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Dada Lama: to the memory of Hugo Ball (1968) 2 $0.20

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untitled [nnnnnn] 7 $0.70

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excerpts 8 $0.80

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manifesto–excerpts 8 $0.80

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Alieph Unit Closed — Aleph Unit Opened — Aleph Unit Surface — Aleph Unit Observed — Aleph Unit Not — Afterword. 8 $0.80

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H (an alphabet) 2 $0.20

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Book 1 — Book 2 — Book 3 — Book 4 — Book 5 — Book 6 Books. 80 $8.00

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Contents from Journeying & the Returns (1967): Part 1: Blues on Green — Part 3: Ancient Maps of the Real World — Statement 17 $1.70

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circus days — stasis. 3 $0.30

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TTA 4: original version — TTA 7: re-arranging letters alphabetically — TTA 13: sound translation — acrostic translation — from TTA 18: 10 views I (walking east…) … 12 $1.20

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Extreme Positions 4 11 $1.10

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Contents from: Two Novels (1971): Andy — For Jesus Lunatick. 17 $1.70

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Gorg: a detective story — The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid — The Long Weekend of Louis Riel — Two Heroes. 14 $1.40

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I — 3. 19 $1.90

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Two Words: A Wedding (1978) 2 $0.20

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Still (1982) 6 $0.60

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The Vagina — The Mouth — The Tonsils — The Lungs: A Draft — Sum of the Parts. 11 $1.10

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Contents from: love: a book of remembrances (1974): Frames — Trans-Continental — Allegories. 43 $4.30

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song for a saint ein — Self-contradiction — probable systems 8 — Pastoral — love song — love song 3 — three small songs for gladys hindmarch — probable … 12 $1.20

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The Front Variations — Three Months in New York City: The Actual Life of Language I — Sixteen Lilypads — untitled [asea/ease] — Catching Frogs — untitled … 23 $2.30

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Before Closure 3 $0.30

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Editorial Statement — Notes on the Poems — Select Biliography — Permissions — Index of Poem and Book Titles — Acknowledgements – Biography 20 $2.00