<p><i>Everybody's Martyrology</i> provides commentary and analysis for almost every page of bpNichol's meandering nine-volume lifelong poem, <i>The Martyrology</i> - a poetic pondering of the inevitable extinction of the human species. Taken together, it became one of the five longest canonical poems in English. Like Caroll Terrell's <i>A Companion to The Cantos of Ezra Pound</i> or George Butterick's <i>A Guide to The Maximus Poems of Charles Olson</i>,<i> Everybody's Martyrology</i> will attract students seeking information about particular passages, scholars interested in coherent readings of the overall work, and poetry readers fascinated by the idiosyncrasies of individual volumes.</p><p>Davey brings to the book not only his own experience as a much-published poet and expert in Canadian avant-garde writers of the 1960-2000 period, but also his close friendship and collaborations with Nichol. Davey was often the first to hear a new passage of <i>The Martyrology</i> when Nichol dro
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<p><i>Everybody's Martyrology</i> provides commentary and analysis for almost every page of bpNichol's meandering nine-volume lifelong poem, <i>The Martyrology</i> - a poetic pondering of the inevitable extinction of the human species. Taken together, it became one of the five longest canonical poems in English. Like Caroll Terrell's <i>A Companion to The Cantos of Ezra Pound</i> or George Butterick's <i>A Guide to The Maximus Poems of Charles Olson</i>,<i> Everybody's Martyrology</i> will attract students seeking information about particular passages, scholars interested in coherent readings of the overall work, and poetry readers fascinated by the idiosyncrasies of individual volumes.</p><p>Davey brings to the book not only his own experience as a much-published poet and expert in Canadian avant-garde writers of the 1960-2000 period, but also his close friendship and collaborations with Nichol. Davey was often the first to hear a new passage of <i>The Martyrology</i> when Nichol dro