St. Mark's Poetry Project: Edith Jarolim lecture on editing Paul Blackburn in New York City, 1983 #601

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5873
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
St. Mark's Poetry Project: Edith Jarolim lecture on editing Paul Blackburn in New York City, 1983 #601
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Jarolim, Edith
URL:
https://viaf.org/viaf/53095842/
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Blackburn, Paul
Dates:
1926-1971
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/29555679
Role:
"Author"

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:04
Size:
50.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:05
Size:
48.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1983
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
131 E. 10th Street, New York, NY
Venue:
St. Mark's Church
Latitude:
40.7303
Longitude:
-73.98727
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/241844932

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 000 001 Introduction *”Let Them Quarry Cleanly” – title of lecture *Background on Edith [Jerolin’s] academic career to date 018 Lecture begins 021 Discusses Blackburn’s work on the Poetry 026 Discussion of Blackburn’s life *Reading from a grant application Blackburn wrote in mid-60’s *Continues from there onwards 050 Blackburn’s influence on fellow poets *He was an angel 066 His work, his “good ear” 072 Blackburn’s theory [or rather lack of] 078 “He wrote very little criticism” *Letter to Robert Creeley is read aloud 091 His work *Minor works *Major works 103 [Jerolin] on editing Blackburn’s complete work *Changes in editing and publishing *Posthumous legacy and methodology 128 The title of the lecture explained 144 Come genres of Blackburn’s poetry 166 Blackburn’s attitude toward his text *Revision, reproduction, etc. 185 Editing and publishing techniques in the later 20th century *Blackburn’s poems were to be found in many different places and forms 295 *The small, many temporary magazines in which Blackburn’s poems appeared, sometimes under alias 348 The many versions of Blackburn’s poems 409 *His lack of sequenal patterns 523 [Jerolin’s] trouble, organizing a chronology *Compare typeface of letters – which were dated – and of poems 556 Lecture suddenly ends in mid-sentence 613 Side 1 ends Two 000 027 Lecture begins where it left off *Comparing typefaces 038 Dating the poems in a biographical sense *Events in his life, events of a poem *Letters and the addresses on them 058 Dating the love poems 090 Blackburn and Creeley 111 Conclusion, reiterating the themes of the lecture 116 [Jerolin] consents to a Question and Answer Session 119 *First question inaudible 124 *Question on method of establishing dates in relation to the typewriter Blackburn may have been using 128 *Third question inaudible – something to do with drafts 139 *Fourth question on did [Jerolin] “grow tired or grow to like Blackburn’s poems more” as she worked on the editing process 149 *Fifth question: “Did he publish the same poem several times?” 161 *Sixth question, basically inaudible, something to do with image poetry and the Black Mountain poets 175 *Seventh question, again basically inaudible, but something to do with revision methods 189 *Eighth question on the casual qualities of Blackburn’s poems 205 *Follow-up question, mainly inaudible 222 *Ninth question: “Did Blackburn keep a large number of the magazines in which his work was published?” 235 *Follow-up question on the ‘orbitary’ nature of small magazine publishing 255 *Discussion by [Jerolin] on poems that Blackburn did not intend for publishing *Editorial principle 278 *Tenth question, what to include, what not to 292 *Eleventh question and [Jerolin’s] reply are basically inaudible 319 Question and Answer Session ends 320 Concluding remarks, announcements on forthcoming lectures at the Poetry Project 334 People file out 617 Side two ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
A few minutes of silence at beginning of each side of the tape

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