Barrie Phillip Nichol, known as bpNichol, was a Canadian poet, writer, sound poet, editor and grOnk/Ganglia Press publisher. His body of work encompasses poetry, children's books, television scripts, novels, short fiction, computer texts, and sound poetry. His love of language and writing, evident in his many accomplishments, continues to be carried forward by many.
Every once in a while I encounter an artist that inspires me like I’m a teenager again. Being Canadian makes it a little easier to access bp’s works outside of the internet, even just to skim read a copy from someone’s collection. As a completionist I would love to own, see or read it all but the shear magnitude of output makes it seem unlikely and I think I’m ok with that.