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This workshop occurring during Alden Nowlan’s time as Writer in Residence at UNB.\n- [00:02:05] Alden Nowlan begins speaking\n- [00:06:36] Prefatory remarks, one of Alden Nowlan’s favourite poems. “A Picnic in Times Square”\n- [00:11:00] Prefatory remarks on zoos, Alden Nowlan finds them depressing places but this tiger struck him as different. “A Tiger in the Dublin Zoo”\n- [00:12:43] “He Grows in Understanding”\no - [00:13:20] Laughter and clapping at end of poem\n- [00:13:25] Prefatory remarks on how this poem is special to him and the epistolic form, written for his friend George Frederick Clarke. “A Poem for George Frederick Clarke”\no Reads final line as “and yes, / such reticence” instead of “yes, / and such reticence”\n- [00:19:18] Prefatory remarks on everyday people hijacking airplanes and his sympathy. “Night Flight from Montreal”\no Reads final line as “I must ask the police what / will happen to my luggage” instead of “Asking the police what / will happen to my luggage”\n- [00:21:15] Prefatory remarks on strange experience of being the subject of a documentary film; a new experience for him, he had naively assume that the camera would follow you around etc. Actually wanted you to perform as yourself, which is very difficult. “On Being the Subject of a Documentary”\n- [00:25:40] Prefatory remarks. “A Very Common Prescription”\n- [00:28:10] Prefatory remarks, trying to capture something of the power of expression of so-called ordinary people in very extraordinary situations. “The Red Wool Shirt”\n- [00:30:18] Prefatory remarks, it’s a found poem, something Alden Nowlan says he doesn’t do very often. “The Carpenter’s Misfortunes”\n- [00:31:45] Prefatory remarks on fifth Prime Minster of Canada and his being forgotten. “Election Song”\n- [00:32:58] Prefatory remarks on re-encountering people as an adult. “In the Blood”\n- [00:35:26] Prefatory remarks, wrote this poem a number of years ago and is recently revisiting and revising. In 1915, battle in a town in Belgium where poison gas was used for the first time by the Nazis. It appeared like something out of science fiction. Started to write this poem on Remembrance Day. “Ypres: 1915” \no A few differences from published version; Alden Nowlan himself acknowledges that he is working on its revision. Some removals or additions of words/phrases.\no Frenchmen leaving: “brandishing their swords, / weeping / for the dishonour of it all”\no The fisherman’s dialect is more colloquial: “and yup” instead of “yes”\no Billy MacNally: in this reading is specifically “from Britain Street from the South End of Saint John, New Brunswick”\n\n“I, Icarus” – “Picnic” published in Bread, Wine and Salt\n“Beggars” – “On Events” published in Between Tears and Laughter\n“Night Flight” – “Documentary” published in I’m a Stranger Here Myself\n“Prescription” – “In the Blood” published in Smoked Glass\n“Ypres: 1915” published in The Mysterious Naked Man\n"],"contents":["Alden Nowlan\n[00:02:55]\nReads \"I, Icarus\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:04:36]\nReads \"Daughter of Zion\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:06:36]\nReads \"A Picnic in Times Square\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:07:21]\nReads \"The Fresh-Ploughed Hill\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:08:18]\nReads \"The Beggars of Dublin\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:11:00]\nReads \"A Tiger in the Dublin Zoo\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:12:43]\nReads \"He Grows in Understanding\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:13:25]\nReads \"A Poem for George Frederick Clarke\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:16:05]\nReads \"Cornflowers\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:17:16]\nReads \"On Events of Varying Importance\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:19:18]\nReads \"Night Flight from Montreal\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:21:15]\nReads \"On Being the Subject of a Documentary\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:25:40]\nReads \"A Very Common Prescription\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:28:10]\nReads \"The Red Wool Shirt\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:30:18]\nReads \"The Carpenter’s Misfortunes\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:31:45]\nReads \"Election Song\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:32:58]\nReads \"In the Blood\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:35:26]\nReads \"Ypres: 1915\"."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Bread, Wine and Salt (1967), Smoked Glass (1977), Between Tears and Laughter (1971), The Mysterious Naked Man (1969), I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974)\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558436163586,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.646Z","score":2.5890832},{"id":"8307","cataloger_name":["Leah,Van Dyk"],"partnerInstitution":["University of Calgary"],"collection_source_collection":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_id":[""],"persistent_url":["https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/alden-nowlan-fonds"],"item_title":["Nov 15 / 77 A. 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Discussion of martyrdom in Alden Nowlan’s verse. Dignity as part of the human character. Alden Nowlan appreciates those who know how to die well.\n- [00:04:05] Discussion of Alden Nowlan’s poem “Britain Street,” with the lines “On this street, / even the dogs / would rather fight / than eat”\no Alden Nowlan resists the interviewer’s desire for him to explain the meaning/intention of the poem. He wants readers to do this work and sees danger in the poet himself telling people what this meaning is.\n- [00:08:53] Discussion of gifts based on one of Alden Nowlan’s lines “the purest of gifts, those that consist only in giving.” A young woman at a reading brought Alden Nowlan flower seeds, it was a gift of understanding.\n- [00:10:37] Discussion of “The Sister of Zion” and religion. Presumably, this poem becomes “Daughter of Zion.”\n- [00:14:03] “There is not point in poetry if you withhold the truth” and “All truths are half truths.” Discussion of truth and the necessity (or not) for truth in poetry.\n- [00:18:25] Discussion of marriage.\n- [00:21:40] cuts to another question. Discussion of being an interviewer/being interviewed. 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Short story read by David Balter.\n- [00:03:13; 00:15:50; 00:23:20-40] laughter from person recording the CBC show throughout\n- [00:30:35] host concludes program. 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Does it bother you that no Conservative government has been elected premier a second term? - [00:05:20] Why should the voters believe you’ll keep the promises in this campaign? - [00:09:24] What would your reaction be to the charge that you have been spending the taxpayers’ money? \n- [00:09:39] laughter and comments from Alden Nowlan’s female partner in the background.\n- [00:19:45] Issue of federal government’s proposed cut to equalization payment a central concern for this campaign - [00:23:40] Hatfield addressing the (im)possibility of taking a federal job\n- [00:24:17-end of tape] tape slips as recording\n- [00:25:48] cuts to other people being interviewed about Premier Hatfield; ends with campaign endorsement to vote for Progressive Conservative.\n- [00:27:01] cuts to female reading story (likely Alden Nowlan’s partner Claudine Orser), children playing in the background. 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Different Anthology female announcer discussing Alden Nowlan and introducing program.\n- [00:01:22] “The Drunken Poet” read by a male voice.\n- [00:02:17] Announcer introduces first piece of short fiction, - [00:02:39] “Hello Out There”\n- [00:10:52] Announcer returns\n- [00:11:32] “Two Poems for the Nova Scotia Department of Highways”. Reads both poems.\n- [00:12:59] Announcer introduces next poem, - [00:13:26] “Fives Days in Hospital”\n- [00:15:15] “The Bull Moose”\n- [00:16:55] Announcer introduces “Ypres: 1915” - [00:17:15] \n- [00:21:37] break and return to program\n- [00:21:51] “Will Ye Let the Mummers In?” Squeak on recording throughout the first half of the reading.\n- [00:44:35] announcer ends program, notes that this program is one year after his death\n- [00:45:12] “For Claudine, Because I Love Her”\n- Written by Robert Weaver, produced by Elizabeth Fox, technical support Rod Sneden, production assistant Betty Ann Lloyd. Voiced by Cyril Burn, Denny Doherty, and Glenn Wadman. 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Radio program indicates its 11:03pm, and the introduction to CBC Radio Anthology series plays.\n- Last of six “Poems for Voices” commissioned by Anthology.\n- [00:01:18] Introduction to Alden Nowlan\n- [00:01:48] “Gardens of the wind” read by female voice; - [00:02:37] transitions to male voice; - [00:04:12] various voices together; - [00:05:00] .\n- Quotations from various wartime speeches and literature (i.e., “We Shall Fight on the Beaches”), quotations from famous literature and the Bible, and musical accompaniments (military/nationalist—drums, God Save the Queen, parade music).\n- [00:08:04] “There is no order except that which the mind confers” (Jostein Gaarder); - [00:08:17] apocrypha\n- Recurrent image of a prisoner in a court room; inclusion of the “local news” of 1940; RCAF, war planes, and other industries of war related to Canada in the Great War; “we were all children”\n- Poem ends at - [00:15:23] .\n- [00:15:25] Credits for production.Voices of Ruth Springford, John Scott, Richard Davidson, and Andrew Allan.\n- [00:16:04] “Between Ourselves” radio program (with Alan Anderson) discussion of St. John’, Newfoundland. Interviewing locals.\n- [00:43:12] Poem about St. John called “Incident”.\n- [00:50:16] Another poem “Where’s the port of grey St. John…”\n- [01:02:36] credits for radio program."],"contents":["Alden Nowlan \n[0:00] \nDiscusses audio levels and volume, introduction to CBC Radio Anthology series plays. \nUnknown [multiple voices]\n[00:01:48]\nRead \"Gardens of the wind\".\nAnthology series Team [Ruth Springford, John Scott, Richard Davidson, Andrew Allan]\n[00:15:23]\nAnnounces credits for production of show."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Poem commissioned for this radio programme.\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558524243976,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.734Z","score":2.5890832},{"id":"8386","cataloger_name":["Leah,Van Dyk"],"partnerInstitution":["University of Calgary"],"collection_source_collection":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_id":[""],"persistent_url":["https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/alden-nowlan-fonds"],"item_title":["Miracle at Indian River"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the artifact"],"item_title_note":["Two pieces of paper, notes from archivist. 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Conversation is audible in the background.\n- [00:04:00] radio reporting of Nova Scotia by-election.\n- [00:04:17] “Miracle at Indian River” radio play on CBC. Begins with singing (scene opens in a congregation worship service). Focuses on the town of Indian River, through the church, and the “crisis” of unmarried young people in Indian River.\n- [00:35:55] cuts to Nova Scotia by-election updates\n- [00:36:29] Returns to “Miracle”\n- [00:38:27] cuts to Nova Scotia by-election results\n- [00:38:46] Returns to “Miracle”\n- [00:50:52] End credits. Dramatized by Noel Stone and presented on CBC Tuesday Night. Jake Creeley starred as Reverend Horace Zwicker. Other credits: Frank Aldice, Bruce Armstrong, Joe Austin, Jim Barron, Marcia Diamond, Alan Deramos, Peg Dickson, Alice Hill, Corinne Langston, Claude Ray, Ruth Springford, and Marie Westgate. Music and arrangement by Carl Taffscott. Sound effects by Bill Robinson. Technical operations by Gary Stubbs. Introduction and broadcast announcer, Jim Chorley.\n- [00:51:33] cuts to Alden reading poems “for Wynn Fracis”\n- [00:51:56] “I, Icarus”\n- [00:53:29] “Daughter of Zion”\n- [00:55:04] “Husband and Wife”\n- [00:55:53] “Britain Street, St. John’s New Brunswick”\n- [00:56:57] “A Picnic in Times Square”\n- [00:57:21] “Secret Life”\n- [00:58:16] “O”\n- [00:59:04] “Verbal Transcription at the Legion Hall in Hartland, New Brunswick”\n- [00:59:45] “The Fresh Ploughed Hill”\n- [01:00:22] “Footsteps in the Dark”\n- [01:01:16] “Remembrance of Things Past”\n- [01:01:57] “The Hollow Men”\n- [01:02:35] “A Treaty to be Signed with Guests”\n- [01:03:00] “The Guide,” a short story\n- [01:11:34] Cut in recording. Can hear voices in the background. A collection of poems from The Mysterious Naked Man. - [01:11:59] “The Mysterious Naked Man”.\n- [01:13:21] Cut in recording. “Ypres: 1915”. Can hear music in the background.\n- [01:17:15] “Brandy of the Damned”\n- [01:19:21] “Absolution”\n- [01:19:38] “Hymn to Dionysius”\n- [01:19:58] “Greatness”\n- [01:20:16] “The Last Leper in Canada”\n- [01:21:25] “Snapshot”\n- [01:22:00] “The Atheist Praying”\n- [01:22:28] “For Claudine Because I Love Her”\n- [01:23:13] “Danse Macabre”\n- [01:24:01] “In an Irish Village”\n- [01:24:37] “A Signboard in Soho”\n- [01:26:26] “Points of Contact”\n- [01:27:40] Cut in recording. “The Barmaid’s Daughter”\n- [01:28:18] “The Dream of the Chocolate Dog”\n- [01:29:42] “A Mime for Lovers”\n- [01:30:39] “Apology”\n- [01:30:56] “A Million Years Ago”\n- [01:31:26] “Dream of Man, Whale and Tiger”\n- [01:32:48] “On the Nature of Human Compassion”\n- [01:33:40] “The Saint’s Apprentice”\n- [01:34:35] “The Backbiters”\n- [01:35:25] Note from Alden Nowlan that he will end with a few older poems. “In the Hainesville Cemetery”\n- [01:36:15] “Lament for James Talbot”\n- [01:37:37] “The Bull Moose”\n- [01:39:38] “The Execution”"],"contents":["Unknown\n[00:04:17]\nReads \"Miracle at Indian River\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:51:56]\nReads \"I, Icarus\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:53:29]\nReads \"Daughter of Zion\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:55:04]\nReads \"Husband and Wife\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:55:53]\nReads \"Britain Street, St. John’s New Brunswick\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:56:57]\nReads \"A Picnic in Times Square\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:57:21]\nReads \"Secret Life\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:58:16]\nReads \"O\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:59:04]\nReads \"Verbal Transcription at the Legion Hall in Hartland, New Brunswick\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:59:45]\nReads \"The Fresh Ploughed Hill\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:00:22]\nReads \"Footsteps in the Dark\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:01:16]\nReads \"Remembrance of Things Past\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:01:57]\nReads \"The Hollow Men\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:02:35]\nReads \"A Treaty to be Signed with Guests\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:03:00]\nReads \"The Guide\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:11:59]\nReads \"The Mysterious Naked Man\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:13:21]\nReads \"Ypres: 1915\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:17:15]\nReads \"Brandy of the Damned\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:19:21]\nReads \"Absolution\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:19:38]\nReads \"Hymn to Dionysius\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:19:58]\nReads \"Greatness\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:20:16]\nReads \"The Last Leper in Canada\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:21:25]\nReads \"Snapshot\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:22:00]\nReads \"The Atheist Praying\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:22:28]\nReads \"For Claudine Because I Love Her\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:23:13]\nReads \"Danse Macabre\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:24:01]\nReads \"In an Irish Village\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:24:37]\nReads \"A Signboard in Soho\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:26:26]\nReads \"Points of Contact\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:27:40]\nReads \"The Barmaid’s Daughter\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:28:18]\nReads \"The Dream of the Chocolate Dog\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:29:42]\nReads \"A Mime for Lovers\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:30:39]\nReads \"Apology\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:30:56]\nReads \"A Million Years Ago\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:31:26]\nReads \"Dream of Man, Whale and Tiger\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:32:48]\nReads \"On the Nature of Human Compassion\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:33:40]\nReads \"The Saint’s Apprentice\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:34:35]\nReads \"The Backbiters\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:35:25]\nReads \"In the Hainesville Cemetery\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:36:15]\nReads \"Lament for James Talbot\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:37:37]\nReads \"The Bull Moose\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[01:39:38]\nReads \"The Execution\"."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Miracle at Indian River (1982)\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558527389700,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.734Z","score":2.5890832}]