List of Figures

1. 0.1 Front cover of Ganglia, no. 1, published January 1965.
2. 0.2 Front cover of Judith Copithorne’s magazine Returning, no. 1, published 1972.
3. 0.3 “What Is Can Lit?” by bpNichol, 1973.
4. 0.4 “What Is Can Lit?” by bpNichol, 1973.
5. 1.1 Front cover of grOnk, no. 1, published January 1967.
6. 1.2 Excerpt from END OF AUGUST GIANT grOnk MAILOUT, published 1969.
7. 2.1 “Blues” by bpNichol, from As Elected: Selected Writing, 1981.
8. 2.2 Excerpt from Touch by David UU, 1967.
9. 2.3 Untitled collage from pass th food release th spirit book by bill bissett, 1973.
10. 2.4 Untitled collage from pass th food release th spirit book by bill bissett, 1973.
11. 2.5 “The Plastic Typewriter, 12” by Paul Dutton (text sourced from the traditional Black US gospel song “Certainly, Lord”).
12. 2.6 Excerpt from Release by Judith Copithorne, 1969.
13. 2.7 Excerpt from Shaunt Basmajian’s “Personal Traumas,” 1980.
14. 2.8 Untitled collage from bill bissett’s Stardust, 1975.
15. 2.9 Untitled collage from bill bissett’s Stardust, 1975
16. 2.10 CRACK by Brian Dedora, 1978.
17. 3.1 Liner notes to Penn Kemp’s Ear Rings, 1987.
18. 3.2 Excerpts from score for “ABCD” by Susan McMaster for First Draft, 1987.
19. 4.1 “Like an Eddy” by Earle Birney, 1969.
20. 4.2 Excerpt from “SCREAM (How To)” from The Scream: First Draft, The Third Annual Group Show by First Draft, 1984.
21. 4.3 Front cover of WAR, vol. 1, by John Riddell, 1981.
22. 4.4 The assembled text from John Riddell's WAR, vol. 1, assembled by the author in his home.
23. 4.5 Installation photograph of The Imagination of Aldo Breun by Michael Dean, November 1981.
24. 4.6 Installation photograph of The Imagination of Aldo Breun by Michael Dean, November 1981.