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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":["Nicole Brossard reading poetry in English and French at DTUC (David Thompson University Centre)"],"item_title_source":["J-card and Recording"],"item_language":["English, French"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Wah, Fred","Gary, Bill","Brossard, Nicole"],"creator_names_search":["Wah, Fred","Gary, Bill","Brossard, Nicole"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/1330211\",\"name\":\"Wah, Fred\",\"dates\":\"1939-\",\"notes\":\"Fred Wah introduces Nicole Brossard through reading the intorduction part of a book called \\\"Les Strategies du reel = The Story so far 6\\\" that she had newly edited \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Gary, Bill\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"This name is written on the j-card. 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What we get to hear listening to this tape is Nicole Brossard reading poetry and answering some follow up questions. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/7387642\",\"name\":\"Brossard, Nicole\",\"dates\":\"1943-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\",\"Reader\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/7304/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17f_101.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\":\"101 Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:29:55\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"31.1 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\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"101 Side B.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:03\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"31.2 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":["[]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/936493657\",\"venue\":\"David Thompson University Centre\",\"notes\":\"David Thompson University Centre got closed in Nelson in 1984; its current adopted name is Notre Dame University College\\n\\nSince the exact location could not be found on OpenStreetMap, the provided link refers to the closest point on Vernon Street in Downtown Nelson, within the Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, V1L 4G2, Canada\",\"address\":\"713 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC, V1L 4G8\",\"latitude\":\"49.489145\",\"longitude\":\"-117.301457\"}]"],"Address":["713 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC, V1L 4G8"],"Venue":["David Thompson University Centre"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"When she finishes reading, the audience starts asking her some questions. She expresses her opinions a little a bit about reading the translated version of her writings and poetry. She talks about her writings in English that are mostly songs and her ideas about what it feels like for her to write in English. She is also asked how she began poetry writing. \\nShe gets to talks about her favorite types of book saying she is also interested in reading scientific books besides biology, anthropology, sociology books since they would be the nourishment for her brain to write poetry. \",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"First she begins reading her poem called  \\\"Installations\\\", and then she reads some poetry from \\\"Daydream Mechanics\\\". \\nOn the second side, she begins reading some poetry in French; the first 5 minutes of the second side is blank, and she begins reading at 5:25\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670556905242627,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:01.192Z","score":5.019931}]