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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 20 December 1987"],"item_title_source":["J Card, Cassette"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Studio recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["No Copyright non commercial reuse only (NoCNC)"],"creator_names":["Gilbert, Gerry","Armstrong, Louis","Conn, Jan","Harrison, Richard","Nawrogli, Neuman","Nichol, V","Johnson, Robert","Kemp, Penny","Beyers, Joanne"],"creator_names_search":["Gilbert, Gerry","Armstrong, Louis","Conn, Jan","Harrison, Richard","Nawrogli, Neuman","Nichol, V","Johnson, Robert","Kemp, Penny","Beyers, Joanne"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"https://viaf.org/viaf/13554305/#Gilbert,_Gerry\",\"name\":\"Gilbert, 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Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. 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":["Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program: Di Brandt reading poetry at University of Calgary on January 22, 1996"],"item_title_source":["Cassette and J-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Harrison, Richard","Brandt, Di","Markin, Allen","Flanagan, Jackie"],"creator_names_search":["Harrison, Richard","Brandt, Di","Markin, Allen","Flanagan, Jackie"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Harrison, Richard\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Richard Harrison is the facilitator who introduces Di Brandt in the beginning of side one\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/8566613\",\"name\":\"Brandt, Di\",\"dates\":\"1952-\",\"notes\":\"She reads some poems from Jerusalem, beloved and other collections\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Markin, Allen\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Allen Markin and Jackie Flanagan are private donors who established the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Donor\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Flanagan, Jackie\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Allen Markin and Jackie Flanagan are private donors who established the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Donor\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1996],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/7907/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 g_140.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\":\"MsC17g-140 Side A\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:46:53\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"64.5 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\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MsC17g-140 Side B\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:24\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"64.6 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"BLANK\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1996-01-22\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4814074\",\"venue\":\"University of Calgary\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\" 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4\",\"latitude\":\"51.07837\",\"longitude\":\"-114.12832\"}]"],"Address":[" 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4"],"Venue":["University of Calgary"],"City":["Calgary, Alberta"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670557452599297,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:01.720Z","score":4.8734345}]