CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5795
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Lionel Kearns Reading and discussing his poems with George Bowering for CBC Broadcast #445
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
Liner notes: see the photo in material description
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Cohen, Leonard
Dates:
1934-2016
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
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
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:21:51
Size:
22.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:16:17
Size:
16.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
LOCATION
Address:
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Venue:
CBC
Latitude:
49.27867
Longitude:
-123.11458
Notes:
We assume that this tape was recorded in Vancouver. We don't know where CBC Vancouver located before 1975, now its address is 700 Hamilton Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 4A2
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 Kearns reads “Composition”
040 Bowering asks about Kearns’ Father and how he motivates Kearns’ poetry
092 Bowering asks about Jesus as a symbolic figure
106 Kearns reads poem “Contra Diction”
146 Bowering asks about how an adolescent can write poems, other than “secretly”
188 Kearns talks about poems and dreams – he reads poem “Stuntman”
227 Side one ends
Two 000 Kearns reads poem “Friday at the Ex”
090 Reads “Prototypes”
131 Reads “Situation”
187 Ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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