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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":["Fred Wah Reading in Nelson on November 15, 1996 and Stuart McLean reading Fred Wah poem on CBC's Vinyl Cafe "],"item_title_source":["item, j-card, recording"],"item_title_note":["Liner notes: see the photo in material description\n\nSide 1: Fred Wah Nelson reading sponsored by the Kootenay School of Writing. \n\nSide 2: Stuart McLean reads Wah poem \"Soft Ice Cream Hits Nelson\" "],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Wah, Fred","Krall, Diana","Waters, Sneezy","Verch, April","Newman, Randy","Black, Frances","Earth Baby","McLean, Stuart","[Stevenson, Helen?]","Brothers Creeggan"],"creator_names_search":["Wah, Fred","Krall, Diana","Waters, Sneezy","Verch, April","Newman, Randy","Black, Frances","Earth Baby","McLean, Stuart","[Stevenson, Helen?]","Brothers Creeggan"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/1330211\",\"name\":\"Wah, Fred\",\"dates\":\"1939–\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/12499712\",\"name\":\"Krall, Diana\",\"dates\":\"1964–\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/103992253\",\"name\":\"Waters, Sneezy\",\"dates\":\"1945–\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/34140672\",\"name\":\"Verch, April\",\"dates\":\"1978–\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/47557171\",\"name\":\"Newman, Randy\",\"dates\":\"1943–\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/35641466\",\"name\":\"Black, Frances\",\"dates\":\"1960–\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/154708896\",\"name\":\"Earth Baby\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/53310596\",\"name\":\"McLean, Stuart\",\"dates\":\"1948–2017\",\"notes\":\"Host of \\\"Vinyl Cafe\\\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/104077467\",\"name\":\"[Stevenson, Helen?]\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/144197115\",\"name\":\"Brothers Creeggan\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"The Brothers Creeggan was a Canadian alternative rock/jazz band composed of Jim Creeggan (upright bass, guitar, bass guitar, vocals), Andy Creeggan (guitar, piano, accordion, percussion, vocals) and Ian McLauchlan (drums). The group has released four albums: The Brothers Creeggan (1993), The Brothers Creeggan II (1997), Trunks (2000) and Sleepyhead (2002).\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1996],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/8100/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17e_23.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Excellent\",\"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\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/_flysystem/fedora/2025-03/MSC17E-23/MSC17E-23-01.mp3\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC17E-23-01.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:46:58\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"45.1 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\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/fred-wah-reading-nelson-november-15-1996-and-stuart-mclean-reading-fred-wah-poem-cbcs-vinyl-cafe\"},{\"file_url\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/_flysystem/fedora/2025-03/MSC17E-23/MSC17E-23-02.mp3\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC17E-23-02.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:46:52\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"45 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\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/fred-wah-reading-nelson-november-15-1996-and-stuart-mclean-reading-fred-wah-poem-cbcs-vinyl-cafe-0\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1996-11-15\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"date of Nelson reading\",\"source\":\"item, j-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Airing of \\\"Vinyl Cafe\\\" show on CBC 1, Calgary. General coordinates of city where tape (not program) was likely recorded. \",\"address\":\"Calgary, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.0454\",\"longitude\":\"-114.0565\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3136041944#map=15/49.4933/-117.2956\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Venue not identified, but likely downtown. Wah mentions recent visit to Kootenay School of Art (KSA), event sponsored by Kootenay School of Writing,\",\"address\":\"Nelson, BC, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.4928\",\"longitude\":\"-117.2958\"}]"],"Address":["Calgary, Alberta, Canada","Nelson, BC, Canada"],"City":["Calgary, Alberta"],"content_notes":["SIde 1: Fred Wah reading in Nelson\n\nSide 2: Stuart McLean reading Fred Wah poem on CBC (segment starts at T00:06:08, ends at T00:08:20)"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670556054847489,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:00.367Z","score":5.9116282}]