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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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