CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5328
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
B.P. Nichol Reading at SFU on November 30, 1982 tape 1 of 2 #352a
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Nichol, B.P.
Dates:
1944-1988
Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-2024
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Vanel, Kurtis
Dates:
1936-2017
Notes:
no info in any directories, he was an SFU technician, also known as 'Doug Gysemen'
Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:31
Size:
30.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:31
Size:
30.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1982-11-30
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Venue:
SFU
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 006 Introduction by Roy Miki – The danger of survey and anthology courses. The poem is complex and infinitely simple. Poetry as a means of figuring out language.
048 Introduces bp Nichol and his explorations of the inner dynamics of language, explorations analogous to the splitting of the atom (inner fission/inner vision) The inside of a word is a sentence. Words do do.
103 End of introduction – some reading logistics
118 Bp Nichol discusses the background to his interest in Gertrude Stein and “I” poems
134 A.B.C. childhood” coll. With Brian Dedora
138 Section 8 from “A.B.C. childhood”
149 Section 9
156 Section 10
162 Section 11
170 Introduction to “Organ Music” series
183 “The Vagina”
1
185 2
189 3
194 4
201 5
206 6
211 7
217 “The Tonsils”
221 1
225 2
231 3
235 4
239 5
244 6
246 7
250 “The Anus”
256 1
259 2
265 3
275 4
281 5
290 6
295 7
305 “The Toes”
1
314 2
329 3
336 4
343 5
357 6
367 “The lily”
1
374 2
381 3
389 4
400 5
409 6
419 “The Mouth”
1
427 2
435 3
443 4
459 5
472 6
490 A pause while students buy photocopies of parts of Martyrology book VI
516 Introduction to “The book of hours”
526 “The fourth hour (9:35 am. – 10:35 am.)” from “The book of hours”
598 “Hour seventeen (5:35 – 6:35 pm.)”
663 From the grammar trilogy “Hour 22 (12:35 – 1:35 pm.)”
749 Brief explanation of “Follow-the-bouncing-ball poetry”
770 Introduction to 3rd section of “Inchoate road”
784 “Incohate road”
857 End of tape
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: BP Nichol Reading at SFU Nov. 30, 1982 Introduction by Roy Miki Side 1 28:10 Side 2 27:30 Recorded by Kurtis Vanel Dolby B
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