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Carleton\n\t\t044\tI, Icarus\n\t\t063\tSailors\n\t\t085\tThe Cinnamon Bears\n\t\t131\tBriton Street, St. John, New Brunswick\n\t\t164\tSecret Life\n\t\t195\tReport From Ottawa\n\t\t216\tA View From The Bridge\n\t\t244\tThe Changeling\n\t\t259\tThe Hollow Men\n\t\t273\tAncestral Memories Evoked By Attending The Opening of the Playhouse in Fredericton, New Brunswick\n\t\t305\tEvery Man Owes God A Debt\n\t\t339\tThe loneliness of the Long Distance Runner\n\t\t345\tA Boy In A Red Loincloth\n\t\t370\tIn The Operating Room\n\t\t450\tFor Jamil? Burundi?, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Nations on the Occasion of His Address to The Security Council June, 1967\n\t\t515\tFireworks\n\t\t537\tTwo Poems For The Nova Scotia Department of Highways\n\t\t579\tState Visit"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: Side 1: 23 min (Margaret Atwood) Side 2: 37 min (Alden Nowlan)\",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"Detailed information about the reading and transcription:https://montreal.spokenweb.ca/sgw-poetry-readings/margaret-atwood-and-alden-nowlan-at-sgwu-1967/\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670554832207872,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:59.214Z","score":3.9127333}]