CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6232
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Poetry Festival in Bisbee: Michael McClure reading and interview at Cochise Fine Arts in Arizona, 1980 #616
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
Tape reads "Micheal McClure Bisbee Poetry Festival 1980 Reading" and "Cochise Fine Arts, PO Box 1783 Bisbee, Ariz. 85603"
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Interview
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
McClure, Michael
Dates:
1932-2020
Role:
"Reader",
"Speaker"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
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:
Good
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:
T00:31:08
Size:
27.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:36
Size:
29.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1980
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Bisbee, Arizona
Venue:
Cochise Fine Arts
Latitude:
31.4489
Longitude:
109.9283
Notes:
latitude and latitude of Bisbee have been entered since the exact location can't be found
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000
001 Introduction of Michael McClure reading from “Anti-chamber & other poems”, as well even more recent work
012 Michael McClure [sound quality is poor]
024 “I love to think of the red purple rose…”
035 “How sweet to…”
042 McClure introduces next poem
046 “The world is ours…”
056 “My mother said to me…”
065 A Poem for Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Listen Lawrence…”
120 Introduction to the next set of poems
133 “Watching the Vulture”
147 “Love me for the fool…”
170 “The Blacked In One”
182 “To the Drive-in Teller at the Bank”
196 Tape breaks into “Listen Lawrence” halfway through the poem
209 Introduction to the next few pieces which are excerpts from a larger work. “I know nothing about boats…”
260 “We are baby locks…”
322 “Politics starts with the barrel of a gun”
338 “Cousin to the…”
345 Introduction to the next poem, something to do with gravity, most of it is inaudible
358 “How beautiful gravity is”
377 “I am the dead coyote on the…”
388 Sound cuts off
409 Side One ends
Two 000
001 Introduction to the next poem, written after a trip to Disneyland
005 “How sad the silhouettes…”
014 “Hymn to Quanam Goddess of Mercy”
049 “Sure, Let me Burst Again”
068 Some short poems
075 The rose is a pink yellow…”
080 “I work with the shape…”
088 The interview with McClure appears to commence. Poet as an evolutionary scientist. McClure reads from a poem on the subject. The conversation continues along such lines
149 The subject of Animals & their place in McClure’s work
210 A discussion of McClure’s Japanese tastes & sensibilities
265 Conversation concludes with applause
412 Side two ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Sound quality for reading is poor; sound quality for interview (which starts partway through side 2) is excellent.
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