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Literary Titans Revisited: the Earle Toppings Interviews with CanLit Poets and Writers of the Sixties. Dundurn, 2017.\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552400560133,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:56.900Z","score":3.9127333},{"id":"6040","cataloger_name":["Linara,Kolosov"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Reading in BC Collection"],"source_collection_label":["Reading in BC Collection"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 199"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Earle Birney reading at SFU on January 27, 1969 #92"],"item_title_source":["J-card and inventory"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Birney, Earle","Newlove, John"],"creator_names_search":["Birney, Earle","Newlove, John"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/97679781\",\"name\":\"Birney, Earle\",\"dates\":\"1904-1995\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/92277383\",\"name\":\"Newlove, John\",\"dates\":\"1938-2003\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Enomoto, Randy"],"contributors_names_search":["Enomoto, Randy"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/256444645\",\"name\":\"Enomoto, Randy \",\"dates\":\"1944-\",\"notes\":\"In the inventory it states that he is a Donor and we are not sure what it means\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Donor\"]}]"],"Production_Date":[1969],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/503/Reading in BC_MsC199_92.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"Second generation from Reel-to-Reel\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T00:54:10\",\"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\":\"92-side-1.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:27:47\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"25.5 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\":\"1969-01-27\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"Inventory\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132\",\"venue\":\"SFU\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.2767\",\"longitude\":\"-122.9178\"}]"],"Address":["8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada"],"Venue":["SFU"],"City":["Burnaby, British Columbia"],"content_notes":["SFU BC Readings formatting"],"contents":["Side\tTrack\tNo.\tComments\nOne\tA\t000\tEarle Birney reads:\n\t\t\tFound Swahili Serenade\n\t\t020\tAlaska Passage\n\t\t034\tLines (a computer poem)\n\t\t071\tCaptain Cook\n\t\t110\tHalifax\n\t\t125\t1497 Giovanni sailed\n\t\t135\tThe Maple Leaf Forever\n\t\t160\tBillboard Poem\n\t\t180\tCampus Theatre Steps\n\t\t190\tGuadalupe\n\t\t200\tSinaloa\n\t\t232\tPlaza de Inquisicion\n\t\t240\tEl Greco: Espolio\n\t\t267\tSalt Fish With ?\n\t\t285\tFor George Lamming\n\t\t310\tMeeting of Strangers\n\t\t338\tA poem by W.B. Yeats – Prayer For Old Age\n\t\t350\tCuracao\n\t\t360\tStill\n\t\t366\tI think you are a whole city…\n\t\t380\tLike an eddy, my words turn…\n\t\t392\tA Song For Sunsets\n\t\t410\tFine Arts\n\t\t420\tAnswers to a Grade School Biology Test\n\t\t455\tHippodorus\n\t\t475\tWind-chimes in a Temple Ruin\n\t\t485\tFrom The Hazel-bough\nOne\tB\t000\tJohn Newlove reads:\n\t\t014\tIt Just Lay There\n\t\t019\tFor Judith Now About Ten Years Old\n\t\t029\tBlack Night Window\n\t\t033\tThe Pride\n"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: Earle Birney Reading at SFU Jan. 27, 1960 Side 1 27:50 Side 2 25:20\",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"No digital file for Side 2\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670554415923202,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.804Z","score":3.9127333}]