BP Nichol open interview at SFU on July 7, 1983 part 1 of 2 #411

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5661
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:
BP Nichol open interview at SFU on July 7, 1983 part 1 of 2 #411
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
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/76350280
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/34469976
Name:
Niechoda, Irene
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/105110668
Name:
Scobie, [Stephen?]
Dates:
1943-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/18385392
Notes:
On the J-card, it's written Steven Scobie
Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-2024
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/94949252

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:21
Size:
43.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:24
Size:
43.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1983-07-07
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Venue:
Simon Fraser University
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 000 Talking about fiction – pronoun as fictional carrier – with George Bowering 035 Talks about the three day Novel and writing practise 105 Structuring the Novel 135 Chronological method of publishing – George talking about Robert Duncan 250 Gertrude Stein and the muse contained within the text 272 Vocabulary and de-centered meaning 408 Scobie talks about homolinguistic translation 570 Ends Two 000 Bp reads from The Martyrology, p. 2 026 Reading from typescript as a translation 054 Collage as a translative gesture, a move into pure texture 109 Recycling rejected text – Book Two of The Martyrology 176 Toronto Research Group as “written thinking” (bp and Frank Davey/Steven Scobie) 250 The Plunket Papers and sentimentalization of information bp calls it “bad romanticism” 306 Therafields, Freud, Lacan, psychology & language 336 Bp talks about Jung, Lacan, sentimentalization and “False mystery” 403 Psychologized autobiography – nothing new done with the information that is put across 459 Roy asks what is the function of self in poems? They concur none. The poem is not a therapy Bp says writing is a transformative strategy in life 530 Writing analogous to ritual in its transformative function 597 Ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Note:
It's part of BP Nichol's visit to SFU, writer-in-residence, July 5-8

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