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This workshop occurring during Alden Nowlan’s time as Writer in Residence at UNB.\n- [00:02:05] Alden Nowlan begins speaking\n- [00:06:36] Prefatory remarks, one of Alden Nowlan’s favourite poems. “A Picnic in Times Square”\n- [00:11:00] Prefatory remarks on zoos, Alden Nowlan finds them depressing places but this tiger struck him as different. “A Tiger in the Dublin Zoo”\n- [00:12:43] “He Grows in Understanding”\no - [00:13:20] Laughter and clapping at end of poem\n- [00:13:25] Prefatory remarks on how this poem is special to him and the epistolic form, written for his friend George Frederick Clarke. “A Poem for George Frederick Clarke”\no Reads final line as “and yes, / such reticence” instead of “yes, / and such reticence”\n- [00:19:18] Prefatory remarks on everyday people hijacking airplanes and his sympathy. “Night Flight from Montreal”\no Reads final line as “I must ask the police what / will happen to my luggage” instead of “Asking the police what / will happen to my luggage”\n- [00:21:15] Prefatory remarks on strange experience of being the subject of a documentary film; a new experience for him, he had naively assume that the camera would follow you around etc. Actually wanted you to perform as yourself, which is very difficult. “On Being the Subject of a Documentary”\n- [00:25:40] Prefatory remarks. “A Very Common Prescription”\n- [00:28:10] Prefatory remarks, trying to capture something of the power of expression of so-called ordinary people in very extraordinary situations. “The Red Wool Shirt”\n- [00:30:18] Prefatory remarks, it’s a found poem, something Alden Nowlan says he doesn’t do very often. “The Carpenter’s Misfortunes”\n- [00:31:45] Prefatory remarks on fifth Prime Minster of Canada and his being forgotten. “Election Song”\n- [00:32:58] Prefatory remarks on re-encountering people as an adult. “In the Blood”\n- [00:35:26] Prefatory remarks, wrote this poem a number of years ago and is recently revisiting and revising. In 1915, battle in a town in Belgium where poison gas was used for the first time by the Nazis. It appeared like something out of science fiction. Started to write this poem on Remembrance Day. “Ypres: 1915” \no A few differences from published version; Alden Nowlan himself acknowledges that he is working on its revision. Some removals or additions of words/phrases.\no Frenchmen leaving: “brandishing their swords, / weeping / for the dishonour of it all”\no The fisherman’s dialect is more colloquial: “and yup” instead of “yes”\no Billy MacNally: in this reading is specifically “from Britain Street from the South End of Saint John, New Brunswick”\n\n“I, Icarus” – “Picnic” published in Bread, Wine and Salt\n“Beggars” – “On Events” published in Between Tears and Laughter\n“Night Flight” – “Documentary” published in I’m a Stranger Here Myself\n“Prescription” – “In the Blood” published in Smoked Glass\n“Ypres: 1915” published in The Mysterious Naked Man\n"],"contents":["Alden Nowlan\n[00:02:55]\nReads \"I, Icarus\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:04:36]\nReads \"Daughter of Zion\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:06:36]\nReads \"A Picnic in Times Square\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:07:21]\nReads \"The Fresh-Ploughed Hill\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:08:18]\nReads \"The Beggars of Dublin\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:11:00]\nReads \"A Tiger in the Dublin Zoo\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:12:43]\nReads \"He Grows in Understanding\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:13:25]\nReads \"A Poem for George Frederick Clarke\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:16:05]\nReads \"Cornflowers\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:17:16]\nReads \"On Events of Varying Importance\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:19:18]\nReads \"Night Flight from Montreal\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:21:15]\nReads \"On Being the Subject of a Documentary\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:25:40]\nReads \"A Very Common Prescription\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:28:10]\nReads \"The Red Wool Shirt\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:30:18]\nReads \"The Carpenter’s Misfortunes\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:31:45]\nReads \"Election Song\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:32:58]\nReads \"In the Blood\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:35:26]\nReads \"Ypres: 1915\"."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Bread, Wine and Salt (1967), Smoked Glass (1977), Between Tears and Laughter (1971), The Mysterious Naked Man (1969), I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974)\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558436163586,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.646Z","score":2.663431},{"id":"8331","cataloger_name":["Leah,Van Dyk"],"partnerInstitution":["University of Calgary"],"collection_source_collection":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_id":[""],"persistent_url":["https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/alden-nowlan-fonds"],"item_title":["Canada Council 25th Anniversary Maritime Writers Workshop, UNB; July 4, 1982 "],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the artifact"],"item_title_note":["Case label: Canada Council 25th Anniversary Maritime Writers Workshop, UNB July 4, 1982. 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Laughter throughout.\n- [00:29:17] “Ghost Stories”. Laughter at - [00:29:40] .\n- [00:32:06] Introduces poem and then reads, - [00:32:54] “He Visits the Shrine of a Saint”\n- [00:35:52] “The Secretive Fisherman”\n- [00:38:33] “Only When My Heart Freezes”\n- [00:39:56] introduces poem and then reads “Legacy.” Recording ends here."],"contents":["Laurel Boone\n[00:00:11]\nIntroduces \"7th Annual Maritime Writers workshop\".\nRobert Gibbs\n[00:01:11]\nIntroduces Alfred Bailey.\nAlfred Bailey\n[00:05:00]\nReads \"The Night Country\".\nAlfred Bailey\n[00:09:15]\nReads \"Queen’s Park\".\nAlfred Bailey\n[00:11:24]\nReads \"Gluskap’s Daughter\".\nAlfred Bailey\n[00:12:56]\nReads \"Colour Chart\".\nBob Gibbs\n[00:14:25]\nConcludes Alfred Bailey readings and introduces Alden Nowlan.\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:18:49]\nReads \"My Beard, Once Lionheart Red\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:23:29]\nReads \"What Happened When He Went to the Store for Bread\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:26:30]\nReads \"Word from the Losers\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:28:17]\nReads \"And Now the Good News\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:29:17]\nReads \"Ghost Stories\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:32:54]\nReads \"He Visits the Shrine of a Saint\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:35:52]\nReads \"The Secretive Fisherman\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:38:33]\nReads \"Only When My Heart Freezes\".\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:39:56]\nReads \"Legacy\"."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Bailey, poems published in various venues including special issue of Canadian Literature (1979) [\\\"The Night Country\\\"]. 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