CBC Stereo Morning Canada

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
8384
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Title:
Robert Kroetsch fonds
Source Collection ID:
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
CBC Stereo Morning Canada
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Persistent URL:
https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/robert-kroetsch-fonds
Identifiers:
[71.17e]

Rights

Rights:
In Copyright (InC)
Notes:
Enters Public Domain at the end of 2059

CREATORS

Name:
Kroetsch, Robert
Dates:
1927-2011
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/120613489

CONTRIBUTORS

Name:
Geddes, Gary
Dates:
-1940
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/94290892
Name:
Wiseman, Adele
Dates:
1928-1992
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/116275298
Name:
Munro, Alice
Dates:
-1931
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/68944521
Name:
Hancock, Jeff
Name:
Paradis, Suzanne
Dates:
-1936
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/39386927
Name:
Lane, Patrick
Dates:
-1939
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/66513400

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Side:
A
Tape Brand:
Sony
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Duration:
T00:30:05
Size:
991.49 MB

Dates

Date:
1989
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Date taken from creation dates listed for item level descriptions in archival finding aid for the Robert Kroetsch fonds Item number 71.17e

LOCATION

Address:
1135 Kensington Road NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Venue:
Pages on Kensington, Calgary, Alberta
Latitude:
[51.0522791]
Longitude:
[-114.08813504607939]
URL:
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/details.html?osmtype=W&osmid=848186219&class=shop

CONTENT

Contents:
Patrick Lane [00:00:00] “The Dream of the Red Chamber”. Gary Geddes and Adele Wiseman Discuss trip to China with other writers. Alice Munro [00:09:50] Interview. Returns to Geddes and Wiseman Robert Kroetsch [00:18:44] writing on the terracotta warriors. Jeff Hancock [00:20:10] writing on the terracotta warriors. Gary Geddes and Adele Wiseman Resume discussion on trip to China and writing. Suzanne Paradis [00:23:42] Reads Untitled short impressionistic poems. Gary Geddes and Adele Wiseman Resume discussion on trip to China and writing. Patrick Lane [00:27:50] Reads “Against Blue Jade Curtains"
Notes:
Conversation interspersed with pre-recorded segments/readings. - [00:00:00] Opens with “Dream” by Patrick Lane. - Interview with Gary Geddes and Adele Wiseman on their trip to China with other writers. - Geddes organized the trip - Wrote a memoir on the ten-day trip – Chinada: Memoirs of the Gang of Seven - Discussion of the Chinese writers they spent time with - [00:09:50] transcribed interview with Alice Munro - There is no alone in China, always people - Disappointed with the reservation of the Chinese poets, thought they might be more open - Geddes and Wiseman: the mission of the writer, the love of language - Specifically the translators and their love of language – wanting to get the right line - [00:18:44] Robert Kroetsch writing on the terracotta warriors - [00:20:10] Jeff Hancock writing on the terracotta warriors - Geddes and Wiseman: Poetry doesn’t have a high value in China at this time, prose and specifically short stories are more popular - [00:23:42] Suzanne Paradis reads short, impressionistic poems. - Geddes and Wiseman: most significant part of the trip. W – discovery of self through China and colleagues, a widening of her world. G – a burst of new poems which have come out of this experience, the word becoming flesh, becoming concrete through images and experience. - [00:27:50] Patrick Lane reading – wrote this poem at the last feast as a group in China.

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