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A. side only."],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[3.1.3]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"rights_notes":["Enters Public Domain at the end of 2027"],"creator_names":["Nowlan, Alden"],"creator_names_search":["Nowlan, Alden"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/61671170\",\"name\":\"Nowlan, Alden\",\"dates\":\"1933-1983\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]}]"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"Performance_Date":[1977],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"A and B\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"Philips\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"AN_523_92.21.3.1.3\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"T00:23:16\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"42.59 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1977-11-15\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Dates taken from container and/or accompanying material.\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"content_notes":["- [00:00:00] Recording begins mid-conversation. Discussion of martyrdom in Alden Nowlan’s verse. Dignity as part of the human character. Alden Nowlan appreciates those who know how to die well.\n- [00:04:05] Discussion of Alden Nowlan’s poem “Britain Street,” with the lines “On this street, / even the dogs / would rather fight / than eat”\no Alden Nowlan resists the interviewer’s desire for him to explain the meaning/intention of the poem. He wants readers to do this work and sees danger in the poet himself telling people what this meaning is.\n- [00:08:53] Discussion of gifts based on one of Alden Nowlan’s lines “the purest of gifts, those that consist only in giving.” A young woman at a reading brought Alden Nowlan flower seeds, it was a gift of understanding.\n- [00:10:37] Discussion of “The Sister of Zion” and religion. Presumably, this poem becomes “Daughter of Zion.”\n- [00:14:03] “There is not point in poetry if you withhold the truth” and “All truths are half truths.” Discussion of truth and the necessity (or not) for truth in poetry.\n- [00:18:25] Discussion of marriage.\n- [00:21:40] cuts to another question. Discussion of being an interviewer/being interviewed. Alden Nowlan tells a story of the only time he asked an interviewer to leave.\n"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558436163587,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.646Z","score":2.4542046},{"id":"8333","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":["#2 Nov 15/77"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the artifact"],"item_title_note":["Writing on tape: #2 Nov 15/77"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[4.3.3]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"rights_notes":["Enters Public Domain at the end of 2027"],"creator_names":["Nowlan, Alden"],"creator_names_search":["Nowlan, Alden"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/61671170\",\"name\":\"Nowlan, Alden\",\"dates\":\"1933-1983\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Marom, Malka"],"contributors_names_search":["Marom, Malka"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Marom, Malka\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Interviewer\"]}]"],"Interviewer_name":["Marom, Malka"],"Performance_Date":[1977],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"A and B\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"Philips\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"AN_523_92.21.4.3.3\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"T00:55:29\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"101.59 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1977-11-15\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Dates taken from container and/or accompanying material.\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"content_notes":["Writing on tape: #2 Nov 15/77\n- Part of interview with Malka Marom\n- Discussion of drudgery and inspiration in writing\n- Alden Nowlan’s personal history. Includes discussion of Alden Nowlan’s illness.\n- Discussions of writing and poetry"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558516903939,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.734Z","score":2.4542046}]