CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7840
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:
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Harryette Mullen lecture at University of Calgary on February 22, 1996 DUPLICATE 1 OF 2
Title Source:
Cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Mullen, Harryette Romell
Dates:
1953-
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
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:
T01:02:30
Size:
81.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T01:03:29
Size:
88 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1996-02-22
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Venue:
University of Calgary
Latitude:
51.07837
Longitude:
-114.12832
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Harryette Mullen gives, as she indicates in recording, an anecdotal talk in three parts; the talk is a combination of three different talks that she'd given on three different occasions sharing her thoughts and insights about her identity, poetry, or both.
First talk part is called "Where is My Texas or There Is No Place Like Home in Language" sharing her thoughts on the subject of her identity a a poet or writer.
Second part of her talk is called "Kinky Quatrains" sharing her insights on writing poetry.
Last part of her talk called is "Poetry and Identity".
There is a question and answer period happening at the end of Harryette Mullen's talk.
She also reads pieces of her poetry collection named "S*PeRM**K*T".
Type:
General
Note:
This tape is duplicate of tape 91 "Harryette Mullen lecture at University of Calgary on February 22, 1996 DUPLICATE 2 OF 2" (SWALLOW ID 7842)
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