{"product_id":"meanwhile-the-critical-writings-of-bpnichol-paperback","title":"Meanwhile: The Critical Writings of Bpnichol - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBP Nichol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoy Miki\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor bpNichol, who called himself a writer who writes about the act of writing,\" criticism was not only a means to address his own poetics and the textual practices of his generation; it was just as essential to his imagination as were his poems themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, after years of readers struggling to find or access many of Nichol's innovative critical writings, this much needed and anticipated volume makes it possible to follow Nichol through his thirty-year-long thoughtful engagement with the process of creation. With essays, reviews, talks on poetics, letters, notes, photographs, and excerpts from interviews, editor Roy Miki has put together a provocative record of bpNichol's always explorative approaches to the material conditions of textual production. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRepresenting a substantial collection of Nichol's critical writing from the mid-1960s up to the year of his death in 1988, \u003ci\u003eMeanwhile: The Critical Writings of bpNichol\u003c\/i\u003e puts him, rightfully, on the vanguard of Canadian literature and critical theory. This collection is essential to our sense of Nichol not only as a writer, but also as a person of exemplary generosity, imagination, and intellectual range.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ebp Nichol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebpNichol was one of Canada's most challenging and innovative poets. His writing spans a remarkable rangefrom concise allegories on a single letter, on through to sound poetry, fiction, theoretical investigations and culminating in his nine-volume poem \u003ci\u003eThe Martyrology\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMeanwhile: The Critical Writings of bpNichol \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), \u003ci\u003ebpNichol Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eRational Geomancy\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and \u003ci\u003eSelected Writing: As Elected\u003c\/i\u003e (1980) are also available from Talonbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 8.54 x 6.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42164141883527,"sku":"9780889224476","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2b1eb3de41bdb2e67918f8d9f84522ce.webp?v=1733303255","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/meanwhile-the-critical-writings-of-bpnichol-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}