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The show consisted of interviews, readings, and discussions with local, national and international literary figures such as Maxine Gadd, Judith Copithorne, Steve McCaffery, bpNichol, and WIlliam Burroughs."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 14"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["radiofreerainforest 25 August, 1985"],"item_title_source":["item and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Studio recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["No Copyright non commercial reuse only (NoCNC)"],"creator_names":["Gilbert, Gerry","Howe, Susan","Watten, Barrett","Palmer, Michael","Bernstein, Charles","Harryman, Carla","Bancroft, Marian Penner","Perelman, Bob","McCaffery, Steve","Watts, Charles","Hejinian, Lyn"],"creator_names_search":["Gilbert, Gerry","Howe, Susan","Watten, Barrett","Palmer, Michael","Bernstein, Charles","Harryman, Carla","Bancroft, Marian Penner","Perelman, Bob","McCaffery, Steve","Watts, Charles","Hejinian, 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His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 17"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Marian Penner Bancroft presenting her works in Vancouver on November 20, 1999 Part 1 of 2"],"item_title_source":["J-card and Recording"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Wah, Fred","Bancroft, Marian Penner"],"creator_names_search":["Wah, Fred","Bancroft, Marian Penner"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/1330211\",\"name\":\"Wah, Fred\",\"dates\":\"1939-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Donor\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/96133353\",\"name\":\"Bancroft, Marian Penner\",\"dates\":\"1947-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\",\"Speaker\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1999],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/12121/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17e_81.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"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\":\"081 Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:46:29\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"54.5 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1999-11-20\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/96133353\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"She refers to Vancouver as here, so we thought this event was recorded in Vancouver \",\"address\":\"City Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.2609\",\"longitude\":\"-123.1114\"}]"],"Address":["City Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada"],"City":["Vancouver, British Columbia"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"This tape continues on the second side of tape 81 \\\"Daphne Marlatt interview with Fred Wah in summer 1980 and Marian Penner Bancroft presenting her works in Vancouver on November 20, 1999 Part 1 of 2\\\" (SWALLOW ID 6997). \",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"Her presentation is cut from 16:27 to 26:50.\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670556249882627,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:00.560Z","score":4.667807},{"id":"6997","cataloger_name":["Mozhgan,Nourafkan"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Fred Wah Fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Fred Wah Fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. 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