CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7196
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Warren Tallman Fonds
Sub Series:
Warren Tallman Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Group discussion with Robert Creeley at Warren Tallman's house on June 1-3, 1990 Tape 1 of 3
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Creeley, Robert
Dates:
1926-2005
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Notes:
He is also the coordinator of this event for Robert Creeley
Name:
Mutton, Paul
Name:
Watts, Charles
Dates:
1947-1998
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
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:
T01:03:41
Size:
58.3 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:
T01:02:50
Size:
57.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1990-06-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
370 Columbia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 4J1
Venue:
Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM
Latitude:
49.28181
Longitude:
-123.10203
Address:
3504 Bella Vista Street Vancouver BC V5N 3W9
Venue:
Warren Tallman's House
Latitude:
49.252732
Longitude:
-123.070544
Notes:
Warren Tallman's home during the 70s, 80s, and 90s, where he lived with his daughter Karen Tallman DeBeck and her family.
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Portions of this discussion are duplicated on Tape 185 SWALLOW ID 7184, Paul Mutton's Co-op Radio broadcast of "Robert Creeley Special."
Type:
General
Note:
This tape is labelled "Interview - Black Mountain College June 2/90" and "1A" so it may be the first recording in a series of discussions conducted with Robert Creeley at Warren Tallman's home from June 1-3, 1990. Paul Mutton reframes the discussion as an interview for his radio broadcast of the "Robert Creeley Special" on Co-op Radio, copyright August 12, 1990.
Midway through Side A, Tallman mentions the date is June 2, 1990 and that the conversation is taking place at "Red Wallbarrow Place School," which could be his home or an office space he used at the time. More than the other discussions, this conversation primarily features Creeley and Tallman. Charles Watts begins by offering the example of Kootenay School of Writing in Vancouver and Creeley and Tallman go on to discuss Black Mountain College and its closure as well as the broader political climate of the 1950s. Tallman queries the comparison of Black Mountain with Colorado's Naropa Institute, as well as, later, to UBC. They again discuss education in general, creative writing programs, and Side A concludes with Tallman returning to the topic of "Robert Creeley in Vancouver" (premised on Roy Miki's special issue of Line by the same name).
Side B returns to the interrogation of place, drawing from Tallman's ideas of poetic centers as well as Ginsberg and Olson. Here the main speakers are Creeley, Tallman and Watts. They refer to Stein, Kerouac, and Reznickoff.
RELATED WORKS