OVERSION 3

edited by John Barlow.

 

Toronto, [march?] 1994. [1oo unique copies].

 

8-1/2 x 11, 12 sheets white xerographic bond splay-side-stapled thrice, all printed black photocopy & variously handcoloured.

 

cover by John Barlow.

28 contributors readably ID'd:

Pete Bakowski, John Barlow, Allan Briesmaster, Lorenzo Buj, Nancy Bullis, Shirley Chow, Nancy Dembowski, Johan DeWit, John Ditsky, David Donnell, Ian Firla, Gerry Gilbert, Jen Haberman, Susan L.Helwig, Michael Holmes, Adeena Karasick, Bill Kennedy, Beth Learn, Thomas MacKay, Manitoba Alphabet Cult, Peter McPhee, Paul Mutton, Stan Rogal, John Spittle, Julia Steinecke, Allen Sutterfield, Death Waits, Glen D.Wheeler.

 

includes:

i) [untitled visual poem], by John Barlow (front cover; a treatment of Darren Wershler-Henry's concrete poem supplement (a chant for saint and) that references bpNichol)

ii) (as (i) but extremely reduced)

iii) "PEACE ACT", by John Barlow (concrete poem incorporating Darren Wershler-Henry's Tn A 2: A Mind Reader Translation, referencing Nichol's Translating Translating Apollinaire)

iv) (as (i) but midsize between (i) & (ii))

v) (as (i) but larger than (iv))

vi) Translatingn Apollinaire 9: Common Bullets, by Manitoba Alphabet Cult (visual poem with reference to Nichol's Translating Translating Apollinaire)

Done