The Official bpNichol Archive - concrete poetry https://bpnichol.ca/tags/concrete-poetry en MS Postcards Series One, Number Two https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/ms-postcards-series-one-number-two <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Pages%20from%20MS%20Postcards%20Series%20One%20Number%20Two.jpg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/MS%20Postcards%20Series%20One%20Number%20Two.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=108185">MS Postcards Series One Number Two.pdf</a></span></td><td>105.65 KB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>MS Postcards</em>. Series One, Number Two. Simon Fraser University, 1981.</p><p>The original of this sketch by bpNichol is in a notebook begun by the poet in 1966 and now held in an archive of Nichol's early writings, part of the Contemporary Literature Collection, The Library, Simon Fraser University. </p></div> </div> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 05:46:51 +0000 gbetts 247 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/ms-postcards-series-one-number-two#comments Aleph Unit https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/aleph-unit <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Aleph%20Unit%20cover.jpg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/bpnichol%20Aleph%20Unit_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1539226">bpnichol Aleph Unit.pdf</a></span></td><td>1.47 MB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Aleph Unit</em>. Toronto: Seripress, 1973. Edition of 70.</p><p>Silkscreens printed by Barbara Caruso. Letterpress by Nelson Adams.</p></div> </div> Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:13:15 +0000 gbetts 242 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/aleph-unit#comments "Between Poetry/Painting" Letter from Dom Sylvester Houédard 07/10/1965 https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/between-poetrypainting-letter-dom-sylvester-hou%C3%A9dard-07101965 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/1965frHouedard.jpg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/Let%20from%20dsh%201965.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=3194512">Let from dsh 1965.pdf</a></span></td><td>3.05 MB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p>"Between Poetry /Painting" </p><p>Letter from Dom Sylvester Houédard, 07/10/1965</p><p>Scanned by Lori Emerson, processed by Gregory Betts</p></div> </div> Thu, 30 Dec 2021 19:53:18 +0000 gbetts 241 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/between-poetrypainting-letter-dom-sylvester-hou%C3%A9dard-07101965#comments Truth: A Book of Fictions https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/truth-book-fictions <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Truth.jpeg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/Truth%20optimized.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=10043754">Truth optimized.pdf</a></span></td><td>9.58 MB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Truth: A Book of Fictions</em>. Edited by Irene Niechoda. Toronto: The Mercury Press, 1993. 177 pages. </p></div> </div> Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:59:05 +0000 gbetts 224 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/truth-book-fictions#comments Interview with Nicette Jukelevics (1974) https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/interview-nicette-jukelevics-1974-0 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Interview%20with%20Nicette%20Jukelevics%201974_0.jpg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/Interview%20with%20Nicette%20Jukelevics%201974_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=638917">Interview with Nicette Jukelevics 1974.pdf</a></span></td><td>623.94 KB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Interview with Nicette Jukelevics (1974). Conducted 26 June 1974. Toronto.</p><p>Published as Appendix to Jukelevics' doctoral dissertation.</p></div> </div> Fri, 01 May 2020 03:23:41 +0000 gbetts 216 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/interview-nicette-jukelevics-1974-0#comments H: An Excursion https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/h-excursion <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Scan.jpeg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/H%20an%20Excursion_1.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=290031">H an Excursion.pdf</a></span></td><td>283.23 KB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p>bpNichol and Barbara Caruso. <em>H: An Excursion</em>. Toronto: Seripress, 1976.</p><p>This 11 page chapbook is a collaboration between Nichol and Caruso. It was produced in an edition of 60 copies. </p></div> </div> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:36:09 +0000 gbetts 170 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/h-excursion#comments Scraptures https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/scraptures <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Scraptures.jpg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/Scraptures.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=903126">Scraptures.pdf</a></span></td><td>881.96 KB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p>"Scraptures". <em>Alphabet</em> 12 (August 1966). 72-73.</p><p>Nichol published many of the Scraptures series through Ganglia Press as broadsides chapbooks, but they also appeared in James Reaney's literary magazine <em>Alphabet</em> in a special issue on math and poetry. These "Scraptures" appear in a section called "Math Square Contest Poems" alongside contributions from bill bissett, Keewatin Dewdney, Gwendolyn MacEwan, amongst others. A version of this poem appears in <em>Gifts: The Martyrology Books 7 &amp;</em> (1990). </p></div> </div> Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:36:20 +0000 gbetts 160 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/scraptures#comments A Christmas Vision in the Voice of St. Nicholas https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/christmas-vision-voice-st-nicholas-0 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Cover.jpeg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/A%20Christmas%20Vision_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=9533942">A Christmas Vision.pdf</a></span></td><td>9.09 MB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>A Christmas Vision in the Voice of St. Nicholas.</em></p><p>A reprint of this envelope, originally published by Ganglia Press in December 198o as Intermediate Series (IS) 19.</p><p>Ottawa, Room 3o2 Books, 7 december 1998. 15 lettered copies issued as grOnk Inadmissible Series #6 (mis#d 5). 4 variously-sized offset broadsides in 9-1/2 x 4-1/4 envelope printed rubberstamp &amp; pencil holograph. a concrete poem. a publication plagued by variations &amp; misprintings, this is the 6th issue (not counting the first state of the uncut sheet), perhaps 5oo copies all told.</p></div> </div> Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:50:28 +0000 gbetts 146 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/christmas-vision-voice-st-nicholas-0#comments Interview with Nicette Jukelevics (1974) https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/interview-nicette-jukelevics-1974 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Interview%20with%20Nicette%20Jukelevics%201974.jpg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/Interview%20with%20Nicette%20Jukelevics%201974.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=638917">Interview with Nicette Jukelevics 1974.pdf</a></span></td><td>623.94 KB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Interview with <em>Nicette Jukelevics</em>. 26 June 1974.<br /><em>A Bibliography of Canadian Concrete, Visual and Sound Poetry 1965-1972</em><em>. MA Thesis. Sir George William University, 1974. 127-134.</em></p><p>The interview is included as an appendix at the end of Jukelevics MA Thesis.</p></div> </div> Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:11:12 +0000 gbetts 143 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/interview-nicette-jukelevics-1974#comments Transformational Unit https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/transformational-unit-0 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/images/Transformational_Unit_1983.jpg" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-document field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even"><table class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://bpnichol.ca/sites/default/files/archives/document/Transformational_unit_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=8109928">Transformational_unit.pdf</a></span></td><td>7.73 MB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Transformational Unit</em>.<br />Toronto: Ganglia Press, 1983.</p><p>Editorial Notes:<br />350 copies printed as a gift for friends and family, Christmas 1983 by bp, Eleanor and Sarah Nichol. </p></div> </div> Thu, 08 Oct 2015 03:03:07 +0000 gbetts 139 at https://bpnichol.ca https://bpnichol.ca/archive/documents/transformational-unit-0#comments