CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7329
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:
Michael Ondaatje on November 18, 1987 and Gladys Hindmarch and Fred Wah's discussion
Title Source:
Cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Ondaatje, Michael
Dates:
1943-
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Notes:
His voice is heard at the end of Michael's reading thanking him.
It seems Fred Wah and Gladys Maria Hindmarch talk about their writing classes
Name:
Hindmarch, Gladys
Dates:
1940-
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:
T00:46:48
Size:
49.9 MB
Bitrate:
31 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:36
Size:
47.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1987-11-18
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Michael Ondaatje's reading ends at 10:24 on side two; Gladys Hindmarch and [Fred Wah?] begin talking about their curriculum for their writing course at 11:19.They keep discussing their teaching strategies for students who are willing to be writers or poets in terms of
Procrastination in writing
Voice in reading
Purpose and expectations
Engagement
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