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Begins with extended biography of Alden Nowlan, his life, childhood, and poetry.\n- [00:01:26] Alden Nowlan discussing his family/childhood\n- [00:02:49] clip of Norris Hayword, a friend of Alden Nowlan’s from Hartland, NB; Alden Nowlan and Hatfield spent a great deal of time with Hayword\n- [00:03:35] clip of Hatfield\n- [00:04:40] clip of Hayword\n- [00:06:07] clip of American poet Robert Bly. Alden Nowlan’s poetry was first picked up in American little magazines and journals. - [00:06:50] Bly reads Alden Nowlan’s poem “Weakness”.\n- [00:08:08] clip of Ralph Costello, editor of Telegraph Journal at the time of Alden Nowlan working there.\n- [00:08:39] Alden Nowlan reading his poem “Britain Street”\n- [00:11:00] clip of David Adams Richards, novelist and student of Alden Nowlan.\n- [00:12:18] clip of Bob Gibbs, UNB professor.\n- [00:13:12] clip of Alan Donaldson, UNB professor.\n- [00:15:35] Alden Nowlan reading his poem “The Night of the Party”\n- [00:16:31] clip of Gibbs\n- [00:17:14] clip of Richards\n- [00:17:38] clip of Hatfield\n- [00:18:06] Alden Nowlan reading his poem “A Pinch or Two of Dust”\n- [00:20:02] clip of Richards\n- [00:21:25] clip of Jim Stewart talking about Alden Nowlan’s past through the novel Various Persons Named Kevin O’Brien\n- [00:22:14] Alden Nowlan discussing his family and the difficulties of their relationship\n- [00:22:41] clip of Hatfield\n- [00:23:09] clip of Leo Ferrari, UNB professor\n- [00:24:17] clip of Gibbs\n- [00:25:59] Alden Nowlan discussing the founding of the Flat Earth Society\n- [00:26:51] clip of Hatfield on Alden Nowlan’s abundant tolerance\n- [00:27:12] clip of Ferrari\n- [00:27:40] clip of Gibbs\n- [00:28:35] clip of Richards\n- [00:29:02] Alden Nowlan reading “Ypres: 1915”\n- [00:30:31] clip of Ferrari\n- [00:30:59] Alden Nowlan discussing writing poems\n- [00:31:11] clip of Stewart\n- [00:31:24] clip of Richards\n- [00:31:58] Alden Nowlan reading “For Claudine, Because I Love Her”\n- [00:33:38] clip of Stewart\n- [00:34:35] Alden Nowlan discussing childhood home. - [00:35:06] Alden Nowlan reading “Blueberries, Strawberries, Winter Bean”\n- [00:36:18] clip of Hatfield\n- [00:38:20] Production notes."],"contents":["Unknown\n[00:00:01]\nReads \"Alden Nowlan, For His Own Amazement: A Feature Documentary\" from Maritime Magazine, Sunday June 24, 1984: Remembering the poet Alden Nowlan.\nRobert Bly\n[00:06:50]\nReads \"Weakness\" by Alden Nowlan.\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:08:39]\nReads \"Britain Street\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:15:35]\nReads \"The Night of the Party\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:18:06]\nReads \"A Pinch or Two of Dust\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:29:02]\nReads \"Ypres: 1915\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:31:58]\nReads \"For Claudine Because I Love Her\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:35:06]\nReads \"Blueberries, Strawberries, Wintergreen\"."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"The Rose and the Puritan (1958), Bread, Wine and Salt (1967), I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974), The Mysterious Naked Man (1969)\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558514806784,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.734Z","score":2.4033675}]