Alden Nowlan reading at Malaspina College on February 20, 1975 #243

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
6007
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Alden Nowlan reading at Malaspina College on February 20, 1975 #243
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Nowlan, Alden
Dates:
1933-1983
Role:
"Reader", "Speaker"

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
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
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:
T00:30:24
Size:
31.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T01:00:55
Size:
60.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1975-02-20
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
Vancouver Island University, 900, Fifth Street, Nanaimo, Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 5S5, Canada
Venue:
Malaspina College
Latitude:
49.1576
Longitude:
-123.9658
Notes:
Malaspina College has changed to Vancouver Island University

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 000 Reading opens without introduction; AN speaking 003 “I’m in trouble,’ she said…” 012 “Junkets” 018 “Election song” 030 “The great Cape Breton cockfight” 041 “Song from the kettle drum” 054 “…I’ll read a few verses from my most recent published collection, I’m a stranger here myself...” 059 “Night flight to Montreal” 073 “We were younger then” 102 “The old gentleman” 114 “Answer to a small child’s question” 120 “Four o’clock in the morning” 148 “Parlor game” 160 “Poem for Barbara and Lindsay’s wedding” 179 “A night for hot punch” 188 “In the newsroom” 197 “Body and soul” 214 “Their first meeting” 223 “In the officers’ mess” 259 “A note on the public transportation system” 274 “This is a poem about the correspondence column of Penthouse magazine” 282 “There’ll be nothing more on television tonight…” 292 “The jelly bean man” 313 “Aftermath to a plane crash” 320 “The broadcaster’s poem” 343 “In praise of the great bull walrus” 361 “The night of the party” 370 “Now… I’ll read a few earlier poems…” 379 “The mysterious naked man” 402 “The married man’s poem” 407 “First lesson in theology” 412 “The people who are gone” 445 “Ypres 1915” 515 Unidentified voice asking for questions; question period follows 523 Re: poems based on personal experience 540 Re: Flat Earth Society 562 Re: a poem written after a nightmare 575 Are you pursuing a direction with your poems? 595 Re: justice 620 Re: revising poems – John Newlove 640 RE: Ideally in any work of literature, the measure of greatness is the number of depths in it 665 Re: criticism 705 Re: “taking words out: on rewriting 722 Re: editorial criteria for poetry magazines 773 “How long have you been writing?” 806 “Were you writing when you were working in the forest?” 830 Question period and reading ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Alden Nowlan Reading at Malaspina College, Feb. 20, 1975 Side 1: 29:05 Side 2: 28:45 Echo was generated on the original tape. Dolby B

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