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radio?)\n\t\t\tCBC “anthology” – a poem for voices – Margaret Atwood\n\t\t288\tRecording ends abruptly\n\t\t294\tPat Lane begins reading\n\t\t299\t“The Carnival man” (for Fred Lane, a poet)\n\t\t621\tEnd of Pat Lane’s reading\n\t\t623\tAlden Nowlan begins – mid reading – bad recording\n\t\t656\tDiscussion of topics\n\t\t673\t“Gypsys”\n\t\t703\t“Darkness, the smell of birds…” a lot of volume fluctuations\n\t\t736\t“My cousins…”\n\t\t773\t“He’s wanted to go back...”\n\t\t801\t“Somebody loved…”\n\t\t806\tTape ends abruptly"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: Track 1 Time 23 George Bowering Reading and discussion his poems and a section of his article on prosody, culture no. 15 Recorded by G. B. and sent to D. C> Oct 30, Beginning lost. \\n\\nTime 4:15 on \\\"Sir George Williams\\\" March 2, 1969 -- Sunday Supplement \\n\\nTime 2 Margaret Atwood Reading\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670553110446081,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:57.525Z","score":3.347702}]