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For bpNichol’s 80th birthday, a selection of 80 pieces from his 1980s notebooks, an astounding trove of never-before-seen work.One of Canada’s most beloved poets, bpNichol (1944–1988), left a huge legacy of poetry, prose, scripts, comics, and playful interrogation of language after his untimely passing in 1988. In celebration of what would have been Nichol’s eightieth birthday,
Some Lines of Poetry gathers excerpts from Nichol’s journals across the 1980s to give a unique perspective on craft, process, and a writer’s life. Featuring works in progress, insight into Nichol’s thinking, previously unpublished prose and lyric, visual, and sound poems,
Some Lines of Poetry documents Nichol’s “apprenticeship to language” and his playful daily exploration of the limits of writing.
Lovingly edited by noted poet-scholars Derek Beaulieu and Gregory Betts, who provide an afterword contextualizing Nichol’s practice,
Some Lines of Poetry is a map of hidden corners, a guidebook to poetic play, and a tribute to Nichol’s ongoing influence.
"No other writer of our time and place was so diverse, attempted so much, and never lost sight of his intent." –
Michael Ondaatje
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bpNichol (1944-1988) created a vast and intricate body of work that stretches from Fraggle Rock and children's books to comic books and operas, from delicate visual poems to
The Martyrology, a nine-volume, life-long epic. Nichol was awarded the Governor General's Award in 1970 and spent decades exploring the 'borderblur' between image and text, sound, prose, and poetry, including some of the world's first computer-animated poems. In a career known for collaboration and innovation, bpNichol's writing continues to be generous and generative. Nichol's
The Martyrology Books,
Ad Sanctos,
zygal: a book of Mysteries and Translations,
Konfessions of an Elizabethan Fan Dancer,
The Alphabet Game,
a book of variations: love - zygal - art facts, and
Nights on Prose Mountain: The Fiction of bpNichol all remain in print from Coach House Books.
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For bpNichol’s 80th birthday, a selection of 80 pieces from his 1980s notebooks, an astounding trove of never-before-seen work.
One of Canada’s most beloved poets, bpNichol (1944–1988), left a huge legacy of poetry, prose, scripts, comics, and playful interrogation of language after his untimely passing in 1988. In celebration of what would have been Nichol’s eightieth birthday, Some Lines of Poetry gathers excerpts from Nichol’s journals across the 1980s to give a unique perspective on craft, process, and a writer’s life. Featuring works in progress, insight into Nichol’s thinking, previously unpublished prose and lyric, visual, and sound poems, Some Lines of Poetry documents Nichol’s “apprenticeship to language” and his playful daily exploration of the limits of writing.
Lovingly edited by noted poet-scholars Derek Beaulieu and Gregory Betts, who provide an afterword contextualizing Nichol’s practice, Some Lines of Poetry is a map of hidden corners, a guidebook to poetic play, and a tribute to Nichol’s ongoing influence.
"No other writer of our time and place was so diverse, attempted so much, and never lost sight of his intent." – Michael Ondaatje
Prefazione
Planned release celebration around what would have been bpNichol’s 80th birthday, October 30, 2024 Pitching for coverage in publications including Rain Taxi, Harper's, Paris Review and elsewhere
Advance reader copies (digital and print)
Events to celebrate the release in Canada and the U.S.
Co-op available
Social media campaign and giveaways
