UBC Poetry Festival: Olson, Creeley, Duncan, and Ginsberg on July 31, 1963 part 1 of 2 #40a

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5956
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:
UBC Poetry Festival: Olson, Creeley, Duncan, and Ginsberg on July 31, 1963 part 1 of 2 #40a
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Duncan, Robert
Dates:
1919-1988

Name:
Ginsberg, Allen
Dates:
1926-1997

Name:
Olson, Charles
Dates:
1910-1970

Name:
Creeley, Robert
Dates:
1926-2005

CONTRIBUTORS

Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Notes:
In the inventory it states that he is a Donor and we are not sure what it means

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Very 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:
T00:45:32
Size:
30.2 MB
Bitrate:
24 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:21:31
Size:
14.3 MB
Bitrate:
24 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1963-07-31
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card and inventory

LOCATION

Address:
6398 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Venue:
UBC
Latitude:
49.2586
Longitude:
-123.2452

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 000 Begins with discussion of “polis” 070 What does “polis” mean? 100 Duncan – the ‘eye’ and ‘polis’ – ‘seen’ and ‘scene’ 133 Discussion re Zukofsky on the I and the Eye 155 ‘istorin-finding out for oneself – you have to see it and engage in it, not merely interpret or analyse it 165 Olson on Herodotus, Pausanius and Thucydides – Herodotus is relevant because he recorded all that he saw and heard. – Thucydides is not relevant because he placed an evaluation upon events thereby characterizing events before they occur. 180 Ginsberg- reporters in Vietnam discover the unreliability of secondary sources 210 Creeley – at some time you must trust yourself to an agency you don’t understand 230 Ginsberg – importance of direct contact is located in feelings – one has to deal with feelings – responding to question about his interview with Esquire magazine – “Pull my daisy/Tip my cup/All my doors are open.” 300 Duncan – There are no hierarchies in “polis” though there may be personal forces – “polis” disappears with the advent of societies which consist of hierarchies and patterns; it’s the disappearance of people with eyes 447 Ginsberg – the frustration of form anticipating occasion. This is Creeley. 500 Creeley feeling “bankrupt” 560 Preconception of form-sonnets 620 Creeley – you can respond to any form if you’re engaged in it – must have an occasion of feeling 640 Ginsberg – “Bankrupt” – wishing to be free of all expectations 710 Creeley – “Bankruptcy” – state of being or feeling where you see no possibility of where to go – must open doors to restore seeing if will is arbiter of possibility then that possibility is destroyed 925 Creeley – the more one learns about the craft of writing, the more one wants to take over. I hate that; I don’t want the aggression of writing the world in that way, the vanity of it 990 Duncan answering audience question re his use of contrivances to get over a stoppage – “Why is it that we close ourselves off to resources? Calling upon powers, stars, muses?”
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Olson, Duncan, Creeley, Ginsberg Wed.Juky 31, 19?

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