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Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 17"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["The Poem Show by Jim Brown in Vancouver: Fred Wah, Gary Fjellgaard performance and Paulette Jiles"],"item_title_source":["J-card and Recording"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Broadcast"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Wah, Fred","Brown, Jim","Barrett, Ross","Fjellgaard, Gary","Jiles, Paulette","Dahlquist, Patricia","McCaw, Craig","Gagnon, Gerry"],"creator_names_search":["Wah, Fred","Brown, Jim","Barrett, Ross","Fjellgaard, Gary","Jiles, Paulette","Dahlquist, Patricia","McCaw, Craig","Gagnon, Gerry"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/1330211\",\"name\":\"Wah, Fred\",\"dates\":\"1939-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/60325134\",\"name\":\"Brown, Jim\",\"dates\":\"1943-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\",\"Producer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/137984520\",\"name\":\"Barrett, Ross\",\"dates\":\"1977-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/2083616\",\"name\":\"Fjellgaard, Gary\",\"dates\":\"1937-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/85467608\",\"name\":\"Jiles, Paulette\",\"dates\":\"1943-\",\"notes\":\"She reads from her book called \\\"Celestial Navigation\\\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\",\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/96819500\",\"name\":\"Dahlquist, Patricia\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"McCaw, Craig \",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Gagnon, Gerry \",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Sound Engineer\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/7511/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 g_27.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J-card\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MsC17g-27 Side A\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:32:07\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"31.5 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MsC17g-27 Side B\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:32:10\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"31.2 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/18\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.2608\",\"longitude\":\"-123.1139\"}]"],"Address":["Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"],"City":["Vancouver, British Columbia"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"The Poem Show (West Coast Showcase for Poets and Songwriters) written and produced by Jim Brown in Vancouver: Side one: Fred Wah reading \\\"Waiting for Saskatchewan\\\" in Featuring Poet and Musician from Kootenay School of Writing, and Side two: Gary Fjellgaard performance and Paulette Jiles reading \",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670557025828871,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:01.298Z","score":4.9116282}]