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reminisces re early acquaintance with Kearns and George Bowering at UBC, “Lionel once played professional hockey in Mexico City”\n\t\t259\tL.K. reads “Genes”\n\t\t305\t“This is a public poem that I… was once commissioned to write…  It was written for a Canada Day celebration on Manitoulin Island.”\n\t\t390\tGary Geddes tells Pat Lane’s story about the chain saw in the next room\n\t\t398 GG\tIntroduces Helen Rosenthal\n\t\t415\tH.R. reads from “Peace”\n\t\t430\t“Moscow Circus Aerialists”\n\t\t465\t“The next one is a poem about my father…”  (reads “Not to Be Born”)\n\t\t515\t“A political poem written on the occasion of the visit of Premier Kosygin to Vancouver… “The Kosygin Dinner”\n\t\t590\t“Play Poem”\n\t\t629\t“Wry on Rock”\n\t\t644\t“In Defense of Free Lust”\n\t\t667\tG.G. introduces Jack Hodgins\n\t\t704\tReads opening story from _____________ called “Separated”"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: Skookum Wawa: A gathering of writers, introduced by Gary Geddes Nov. 28, 1975 Bayview Villa, Nanaimo B.C. 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