CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8384
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Label:
Robert Kroetsch fonds
Sub Series:
Robert Kroetsch fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
CBC Stereo Morning Canada
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[71.17e]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright (InC)
Notes:
Enters Public Domain at the end of 2059
CREATORS
Name:
Kroetsch, Robert
Dates:
1927-2011
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Geddes, Gary
Dates:
-1940
Name:
Wiseman, Adele
Dates:
1928-1992
Name:
Munro, Alice
Dates:
-1931
Name:
Hancock, Jeff
Name:
Paradis, Suzanne
Dates:
-1936
Name:
Lane, Patrick
Dates:
-1939
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]
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.
NOTES
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