CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7854
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:
Al Purdy and Eli Mandel reading poetry at [Selkirk College?]
Title Source:
Cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Purdy, Al
Dates:
1918-2000
Name:
Mandel, Eli
Dates:
1922-1992
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:
T00:30:46
Size:
39 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:
T00:30:43
Size:
38.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
LOCATION
Address:
College Selkirk College, 10th Street Campus
Venue:
[Selkirk College?]
Latitude:
49.50554
Longitude:
-117.26734
Notes:
This reading could've been held at Selkirk College since Selkirk is written on the j-card with a question mark in front of it.
We are not sure if both poetry readings by Al Purdy and Eli Mandel are at Selkirk College or just Al Purdy's reading part
CONTENT
NOTES
Note:
Al Purdy finishes reading on side one at 22:17, and then some music is played
Note:
Eli Mandel reads his poems; some are the following:
Orpheus
Estevan, Saskatchewan
His song about the image of end of things
City Park Merry-Go-Round
Some poem from his poetry book named Black and Secret Man
Girl on a High Wire
Houdini
Poem 1 and 2 (Two short poems)
Poem to my Children
The Speaking Earth
The Explanations of the Moon
Listen, the Sea
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