bp Nichol and his "Martyrology" book celebration event organized by Warren Tallman at SFU, directed and broadcasted over Co-op Radio on November 1, 2, and 3 in 1990 as "bp Nichol Special"

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
7152
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 26
Source Collection Description:
Warren Tallman (7 November 1921 - 1 July 1994) was an American-born poetry professor who inspired the Canadian Tish movement and influenced the mid-20th century poetry scene in Canada. Born in Seattle attended the University of California, Berkeley on the G.I. Bill. There he met Ellen King; they married in 1951. In 1956, the Tallmans accepted teaching jobs in the English department at the University of British Columbia, where they helped Earle Birney and Roy Daniells to organize the creative writing department. In 1963, they hosted a poetry conference attended by Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Margaret Avison, and Philip Whalen. The Tallman home itself also served as a poetry enclave of sorts. It was there that Jack Spicer gave some of his now legendary lectures. Two years later, they held another poetry conference in Berkeley, California. Sometimes criticized by Canadian literary nationalists for turning the Vancouver poetry circle into a California branch plant, Tallman embraced the Black Mountain school approach to poetry, and also was influenced from the Beats and other New American Poets. The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, teaching papers, personal and financial records, material pertaining to the Vancouver Poetry Centre, photographs, audiotapes, ephemera, etc.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
bp Nichol and his "Martyrology" book celebration event organized by Warren Tallman at SFU, directed and broadcasted over Co-op Radio on November 1, 2, and 3 in 1990 as "bp Nichol Special"
Title Source:
Cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Lee, Dennis
Dates:
1939-

Name:
Blaser, Robin
Dates:
1925-2009

Name:
Alexander, Charles
Dates:
1954-

Name:
Bridwell, Gene

Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-

Name:
Phillips, David

Name:
The Four Horsemen
Notes:
The Four Horsemen consists of bpNichol, Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton and Steve McCaffery

Name:
Dutton, Paul
Dates:
1943-

Name:
Barreto-Rivera, Rafael
Dates:
1944-

Name:
Tostevin, Lola Lemire
Dates:
1937-

Name:
Hindmarch, Gladys
Dates:
1940-

Name:
Bull, Hank
Dates:
1949-
Notes:
Music

Name:
Mutton, Paul
Notes:
He's also the commentary. We are not sure about the viaf link

Name:
Niechoda, Irene
Notes:
She seems to be the editor of the Martyrology 9 book, and she shares some of her thoughts and experience with the editing process

Name:
Coleman, Victor
Dates:
1944-

Name:
McCaffery, Steve
Dates:
1947-

Name:
Gilbert, Gerry
Dates:
1936-2009
Notes:
Gerry Gilbert helped with the taping of the BP two-hour documentary for radiofreerainforest

Name:
Watts, Charles
Notes:
We are not sure if Watts reads; we assume he is the one introduces David Phillips at SFU

Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-2024
Notes:
Roy Miki seems to be the facilitator of the event at SFU about bp

Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Notes:
bp celebration event at SFU is organized by Warren Tallman, and he is present at the event

Name:
Nichol, Ellie
Notes:
She is bp's wife. bp's brother is Bob and another sister is Diana, a niece is also mentioned. Warren Tallman asked her to talk about her role as a literary executor; She talks about the Martyrology 9 at SFU

Name:
Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)
Dates:
1944-1988

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
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:
T01:03:07
Size:
68.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T01:02:48
Size:
66.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1990-11-01
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

Date:
1990-11-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

Date:
1990-11-03
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Venue:
SFU
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
Notes:
The celebration held at SFU

CONTENT


NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
This tape is a Co-op Radio broadcast of a two-hour documentary of bp's Martyrology book celebration held at SFU and organized by Warren Tallman. Different poets talk about bp and Martyrology 9

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