CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7443
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:
Robin Blaser poetry Conference at Emily Carr University of Art and Design: Michael Davidson, Kelly Paul, Norman Finkelstein, David Bromige, Jed Rasula, and Miriam Nichols reading in 1995 Tape 2 of 4
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Waldman, Ann
Dates:
1945-
Name:
Zaslove, Jerald
Dates:
1934-2021
Name:
Klobucar, Andrew
Dates:
1967-
Name:
Davidson, Michael
Dates:
1944-
Name:
Finkelstein, Norman
Dates:
1954-
Name:
Bromige, David
Dates:
1933-2009
Name:
Rasula, Jed
Dates:
1952-
Name:
Nichols, Miriam
Dates:
[1952-?]
Notes:
She made a great contribution for this event and panel
Name:
Kelly, Paul
Notes:
He is a former student of Robin Blaser at Simon Fraser University; he worked on Walter benjamin theory of experience for his PHD thesis in Philosophy department at University of Toronto; back then, he used to teach in Humanities at George Brown College in Toronto
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:
T00:47:08
Size:
50.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:01
Size:
49.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1995
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 0H2
Venue:
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Latitude:
49.26763
Longitude:
-123.09233
Notes:
Charles indicates that this event is at Emily Carr institute of Art + Design on tape 3
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
This conference revolves around Robin Blaser poetry and his works. Facilitators are not introduced
Type:
General
Note:
Authors, Steve McCaffery, [Rachel Blau DuPlessis?], Alan Golding, and Tom Marshall, were present in this event and they were supposed to read; however, their parts were not recorded on this tape
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