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Ball, Nelson
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Dates of existence
1942-2019
History
Nelson Ball, poet, publisher and book seller, was born in Clinton, Ontario in 1942. He established Weed/Flower Press in 1965 in order to publish Canadian and American poets. He is also the author of several collections of poetry, including Waterpipes and Moonlight (Weed/flower Press, 1969), Force Movements (Ganglia Press, 1969) and The Pre-Linguistic Heights (Coach House Press, 1970). Ball died in Brantford on 16 August 2019.
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RC0122
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Draft
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2015-5-28; 2020-01-10
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W. Laufs; B. Whittle
