the Acrobat Records re-issue project of Bay Area independent record labels from the
1940s and 1950s): San Francisco Chronicle article (weblink)
(about the Specialty gospel reissue project): East Bay Express article
show, the Specialty re-issue project, and more...)
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3 (photo)
Washington, D.C., July 26, 1999 (Opal's account of his history at KPFA Radio in
Berkeley and the demise of his show)
CounterPunch article (weblink)
Canada, 1978 (about Opal's creative writings and early career in music in the UK)
Atropos interview (download)
The Strange Case of Opal Nations (download)
Fall 1978
"Doppelganging Fiction and the Face of Opal Nations" by George Myers, Jr. - Only
Paper Today, Toronto, Canada, June 1979
"Gutless Readers Ignore Best" by Stuart Ross (article on OLN and experimental fiction
writers) - Excalibur, York University, Canada, March 15, 1979
"Opal Nations" - an interview by James Campbell - Poetry Information #17, Summer
1977, London, England
"Opal L. Nations: the maverick surrealist strikes again" by Frank Nowosad, Monday,
Vol. 3, #8, Feb. 20-26, 1978, Victoria, Canada (Review of OLN show at the Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria and the "Gentle Animation Show" performance in Victoria
"Opal Nations and the Case of the Funny Valentine" by Catherine McLeod,
Harbourfront News, Feb. 13, 1978, Toronto, Canada
Review of OLN reading at Artspace, Peterborough, Canada - Inprint, Vol. 2, May
1978
"Get Ready World" (article on OLN) by Anastasia Erland, The City Magazine, Vol. 2,
#20, July 23, 1978, Toronto, Canada
"Opal Nations" (review of OLN reading in Calgary) by Clive Robertson - Centerfold,
Oct. 1976, Calgary, Canada
"Poetry reading proves to be entertaining" by Robert Zimmerman - The Calgary
Herald, Oct. 16, 1976, Calgary, Canada
"Poet sees scope for cultural growth here" - The Leader-Post, Nov. 10, 1975, Regina,
Canada
"Bananology" an article by Anna Banana about Bay Area Dadaists (incl. OLN) - S.F.
Phoenix, June 1974 - San Francisco, Calif.
Review of OLN's book "This Book" - Cityspan, The Toronto Star, Oct. 16, 1978,
Toronto, Canada
"From bookworks to mailworks," an essay by Ulises Carrion on mail art (inc. OLN) -
Either Or Publications, Fall 1978, Amsterdam, Holland
