CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6946
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 17
Source Collection Description:
The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
bp Nichol reading from The Martyrology at SFU on July 8, 1983 Tape 2 of 3 - DUPLICATE 2 of 2
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Title Note:
Title created using information from the j-cards of #38 and #40 also, a series to which this tape belongs.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Name:
Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)
Dates:
1944-1988
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Good
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:
T00:47:29
Size:
50.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:55
Size:
51.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1983-07-08
Type:
Production Date
Source:
j-card
Notes:
Date gleaned from the j-cards of #38 and #40 also, a series to which this tape belongs.
LOCATION
Address:
Simon Fraser University, University Drive East, Burnaby, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V5A 4Y6, Canada
Venue:
Simon Fraser University
Latitude:
49.2884
Longitude:
-122.9430
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 -begins halfway through Book 3 part V
“hot night/sleepless in bed/I drempt of nothing…”
090 Book 3, part VI “Snow across the prairies”
171 - skips over “INTERLUDE : Double Vision”, and most of part VII
173 Reads the last two parts of part VII, beginning “how is it done how is it said”
200 Part VIII “gazing into the sky”
424 “CODA: Mid-Initial Sequence”
526 Side one ends
Two 000 bp beings reading Book 4
“purpose is a porpoise/a conceit”
366 Book 4 ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
Related Version
Note:
This tape is the duplicate of Fred Wah fonds "bp Nichol reading from The Martyrology at SFU on July 8, 1983 Tape 2 of 3 - DUPLICATE 1 of 2" (SWALLOW ID 6944) and from Readings in BC collection: bp Nichol reading from "The Martyrology" at SFU on July 8, 1983 part 2 of 3 #414 (SWALLOW ID 5664). Original not determined
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