"Lipogrammatics is the art of writing in prose or in verse, imposing on oneself the rule of excluding a letter of the alphabet."
- G. Peignot, Poétique curieuse, 1825

In LETTER DROP the A poem has no As in it; the B poem has no Bs; etc. Each poem was constructed through the use of a limited vocabulary of approximately sixty words. Often the source of the words was a found text, such as Tom Swift and His House on Wheels ('F'), The Book of Minor Maladies ('G'), The Manual of Radio Production Directing ('H'), Bread ('I'), The Hydriotaphia ('J'), The 1921 Victor Records Catalogue ('K'), The New Art (General Electric Exposition Catalogue 1936-37)('L'), Writers in Boots ('S'), The History & Geography of B.C. (C. 1936) ('T'), Crazy Weather ('U'), Stendhal's Rome, Naples and Florence ('V'), Lady Chatterley's Lover ('X'), and Joseph McElroy's Plus ('Y').

Text copyright © Victor Coleman 1999
Images copyright © David Bolduc 1999

LETTER DROP was printed on Zephyr in a limited edition of 52 copies in 1999 at the Coach House on bpNichol Lane. It was designed by David Bolduc with an assist from Rick/Simon and the author.

Copies 1-26 have bound in original watercolours of the alphabet. Copies 27-52 have bound in laserprints of those letters. All are signed by the author and artist.

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Coach House Books, 1999