CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7216
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:
Bill Bissett's reading and performing from "Hard to Believe" at York University on January 16, 1992
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Bissett, Bill
Dates:
1939-
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
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:
T00:47:00
Size:
43 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:
T00:57:43
Size:
52.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1992-01-16
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
York University, 120, Ian Macdonald Boulevard, Humber River—Black Creek, North York, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2C5, Canada
Venue:
York University
Latitude:
43.77391
Longitude:
-79.49980
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Warren Tallman gives Bill Bissett a complete introduction talking about his abilities and talents in sound poetry. They also talk about Bill Bissett's new books, some of his performances and their stories, the collaboration between Bissett and his band, and his idea of sound poetry and how he got into it. He answers some of the audience's questions at the end of his interview with Tallman.
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