THE LAST WORD
an insomniac anthology of contemporary canadian poetry.
edited by Michael Holmes.
Toronto, Insomniac Press, [september] 1995. ISBN 1-895837-32-4.
5-1/4 x 8-1/4, 84 sheets ivory wove perfectbound into 5-3/8 x 8-1/4 matte PVC white card wrappers with 3-3/8" flaps, all except inside covers printed black offset with 3-colour process additions to covers.
cover photo by Geoff Hamilton; design by Mike O'Connor.
56 contributors ID'd:
Gil Adamson, Susan Beach, Joe Blades, Christian Bök, Tracy Brooks, Diana Bryden, Tony Burgess, Murdoch Burnett, Robyn Cakebread, Mary Cameron, Margaret Christakos, Kevin Connolly, Lynn Crosbie, Dennis Denisoff, Jeff Derksen, C.M.Donald, Lise Downe, Deirdre Dwyer, Neil Eustache, Louise Fox, Sky Gilbert, Mary Elizabeth Grace, Geoff Hamilton, Jenny Haysom, Steven Heighton, Maggie Helwig, Susan Helwig, Valerie Hesp, Michael Holmes, Evelyn Lau, Damian Lopes, Karen Mac Cormack, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Nicole Markotic, Ashok Mathur, Mac McArthur, David McGimpsey, Peter McPhee, Sonja Mills, bpNichol, Mike O'Connor, Michael Ondaatje, Sina Queyras, Judy Radul, Michael Redhill, Matthew Remski, Stan Rogal, Nancy Shaw, Mark Sinnett, Catriona Strang, W.Mark Sutherland, Michael Turner, R.M.Vaughan, Death Waits, Margaret Webb, Darren Wershler-Henry.
Nichol contributes:
i) Blues (concrete poem, p.158; quoted in full hundreds of times in Darren Wershler-Henry's concrete Amo(i)re (see (iii) below))
also includes:
ii) Word to the Wise: an introduction to The Last Word, by Michael Holmes (prose, pp.5>8; passing reference to Nichol)
iii) Amo(i)re, by Darren Wershler-Henry (concrete poem built of well over repetitions of Nichol's Blues ((i) above))
THE LAST WORD
an insomniac anthology of contemporary canadian poetry.
edited by Michael Holmes.
Toronto, Insomniac Press, [september] 1995. ISBN 1-895837-32-4.
5-1/4 x 8-1/4, 84 sheets ivory wove perfectbound into 5-3/8 x 8-1/4 matte PVC white card wrappers with 3-3/8" flaps, all except inside covers printed black offset with 3-colour process additions to covers.
cover photo by Geoff Hamilton; design by Mike O'Connor.
56 contributors ID'd:
Gil Adamson, Susan Beach, Joe Blades, Christian Bök, Tracy Brooks, Diana Bryden, Tony Burgess, Murdoch Burnett, Robyn Cakebread, Mary Cameron, Margaret Christakos, Kevin Connolly, Lynn Crosbie, Dennis Denisoff, Jeff Derksen, C.M.Donald, Lise Downe, Deirdre Dwyer, Neil Eustache, Louise Fox, Sky Gilbert, Mary Elizabeth Grace, Geoff Hamilton, Jenny Haysom, Steven Heighton, Maggie Helwig, Susan Helwig, Valerie Hesp, Michael Holmes, Evelyn Lau, Damian Lopes, Karen Mac Cormack, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Nicole Markotic, Ashok Mathur, Mac McArthur, David McGimpsey, Peter McPhee, Sonja Mills, bpNichol, Mike O'Connor, Michael Ondaatje, Sina Queyras, Judy Radul, Michael Redhill, Matthew Remski, Stan Rogal, Nancy Shaw, Mark Sinnett, Catriona Strang, W.Mark Sutherland, Michael Turner, R.M.Vaughan, Death Waits, Margaret Webb, Darren Wershler-Henry.
Nichol contributes:
i) Blues (concrete poem, p.158; quoted in full hundreds of times in Darren Wershler-Henry's concrete Amo(i)re (see (iii) below))
also includes:
ii) Word to the Wise: an introduction to The Last Word, by Michael Holmes (prose, pp.5>8; passing reference to Nichol)
iii) Amo(i)re, by Darren Wershler-Henry (concrete poem built of well over repetitions of Nichol's Blues ((i) above))