English 2060E Lecture : Unit 6 Lecture
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Biography bpnichol was born in september 30, 1944 in vancouver, bc. Nichol s writing is, by definition, engaged with a phenomenon he called. Borderblur : in his lifetime he wrote (somewhere between) poetry, novels, short fiction, children s books, musical scores, comic book art, collage/assemblage and computer texts. Nichol was also an inveterate collaborator, working with the sound poetry ensemble the four horsemen (nichol, rafael barreto-rivera, paul. Dutton and steve mccaffery); with steve mccaffrey as part of the toronto. Research group (trg); with the visual artist barbara caruso; and with countless other writers. Nichol also had (and continues to have) a large presence on screens of various sizes. In the mid-1980s, he became a writer for the children s television show. His early work in sound was documented by michael ondaatje s short film sons of captain poetry [see the reference in cwbk].
