{"product_id":"some-lines-of-poetry-9781552454909","title":"Some Lines of Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBC BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e \"CANADIAN POETRY COLLECTIONS TO WATCH FOR IN FALL 2024\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor bpNichol’s 80th birthday, a selection of 80 pieces from his 1980s notebooks, an astounding trove of never-before-seen work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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, \u003ci\u003eSome Lines of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Featuring works in progress, insight into Nichol’s thinking, previously unpublished prose and lyric, visual, and sound poems, \u003ci\u003eSome Lines of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e documents Nichol’s “apprenticeship to language” and his playful daily exploration of the limits of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovingly edited by noted poet-scholars Derek Beaulieu and Gregory Betts, who provide an afterword contextualizing Nichol’s practice, \u003ci\u003eSome Lines of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e is a map of hidden corners, a guidebook to poetic play, and a tribute to Nichol’s ongoing influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No other writer of our time and place was so diverse, attempted so much, and never lost sight of his intent.\" –\u003cb\u003e Michael Ondaatje\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bpNichol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308078084347,"sku":"9781552454909","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_7f025219-5664-4224-88ec-7c078efc18d0.jpg?v=1773446909","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/some-lines-of-poetry-9781552454909","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}