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Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 199"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["George Bowering Interview, May 1988 part 1 of 2 #712"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Bowering, George","Ricou, Laurence (Laurie)","Quartermain, Peter"],"creator_names_search":["Bowering, George","Ricou, Laurence (Laurie)","Quartermain, Peter"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/34469976\",\"name\":\"Bowering, George\",\"dates\":\"1935-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/16316481\",\"name\":\"Ricou, Laurence (Laurie)\",\"dates\":\"1944-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Interviewer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/34534588\",\"name\":\"Quartermain, Peter\",\"dates\":\"1934-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Interviewer\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Performance_Date":[1988],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/1093/Reading in BC_MsC199_712.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J-card\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"712-side-1.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:48:34\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"65.3 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"712-side-2.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:56\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"66.1 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1988-05\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[]"],"City":["Other"],"content_notes":["SFU BC Readings formatting"],"contents":["Side\tTrack\tNo.\tComments\nOne\t\t000\t\n\t\t024\tThe interview asks about Bowering’s teaching experiences at SFU.  The tape is plagued intermittently by a strong feedback noise\n\t\t120\tCaprice is discussed\n\t\t170\tBowering’s sense of time in Caprice is discussed\n\t\t232\t“Is there a Canadian Western as a genre?” asks the interviewer\n\t\t270\t‘Coast Chauvinism’ is discussed\n\t\t310\tRealism is discussed\n\t\t340\tBowering remarks upon the Japanese touches found in Vancouver\n\t\t362\tBowering’s experiences publishing his work is elaborated upon\n\t\t460\tThe subject of teaching is touched upon again\n\t\t477\tBowering admits he still favors high culture, even though he is a post-modernist\n\t\t500\tGertrude Stein is discussed\n\t\t520\tJames T. Farrell is discussed\n\t\t563\tBowering is asked about his diary and his writing process\n\t\t608\tEnd of Side One\nTwo\t\t000\t\n\t\t004\tContinued discussion of Bowering’s writing process\n\t\t080\tBowering relates his year of travelling (1965) and Heraclitus\n\t\t188\tA 1963 Conference on poetry is described\n\t\t210\tBowering explains his love of plot and story\n\t\t270\tThe Western novel is discussed, in the context of their male-centeredness and the fact they take place on dry land\n\t\t311\t“So, do you have ‘desires’ for that story?” asks the interviewer\n\t\t350\t“The ground is really important in my work”, notes Bowering\n\t\t365\tDaphne Marlatt’s work is discussed\n\t\t400\tBowering says he believes that ‘reading’ comes before writing and speech\n\t\t422\tThe difference in tension between Bowering’s poetry and prose is discussed\n\t\t445\t‘Kerrisdale elegies’ are discussed\n\t\t490\tBaseball poetry is discussed\n\t\t536\t“The metaphysical is a useless concept if you are not retaining 100% of the notion of the physical”, notes Bowering.  It doesn’t mean anything unless it carries its opposite with it\n\t\t560\tEnd of Side Two"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"The tape is plagued intermittently by a strong feedback noise that prevents us from hearing, in the beginning of side 1. \",\"type\":\"\"},{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: George Bowering Interview, Part I, May 1988 #712\\nLaurence (Laurie) Ricou  & peter quartermain\\nTape #1\\n\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670552845156353,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:57.321Z","score":5.7950277}]