[{"id":"5872","cataloger_name":["Kate,Moffatt"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Reading in BC Collection"],"source_collection_label":["Reading in BC Collection"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_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."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 199"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["William S. Burroughs, Ed Sanders, John Cage, and Anne Waldman at The Nova Convention, November 30, 1978 to December 2, 1978 Tape 2 of 2 #600\n\n \t"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_title_note":["On J-card: \nWILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: What The Nova Convention Is About, 2:35 mins.\nED SANDERS: Hymn to Aphrodite from Sappho, 8:50 mins.\nJOHN CAGE: Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake, 14:15 mins\nANNE WALDMAN: Plutonium Ode & Skin Meat Bones, 6:35 mins."],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Waldman, Anne","Cage, John","Heyward, Julia","Anderson, Laurie","Ginsberg, Allen","Orlovsky, Peter","Burroughs, William Seward","Leary, Timothy","Levine, Les","Wilson, Robert Anton","Gysin, Brion","Sanders, Ed"],"creator_names_search":["Waldman, Anne","Cage, John","Heyward, Julia","Anderson, Laurie","Ginsberg, Allen","Orlovsky, Peter","Burroughs, William Seward","Leary, Timothy","Levine, Les","Wilson, Robert Anton","Gysin, Brion","Sanders, Ed"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/84079610\",\"name\":\"Waldman, 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Speakers]\n\t\t010\tWilliam S. Burroughs “What The Nova Convention is About”\n\t\t033\tEd Sanders Reading “Hymn to Aphrodite” by Sappho\n\t\t064\tReading “The Lily” and “The Question Answered” by William Blake; also “Hymn to Aphrodite” in the original Greek\n\t\t133\tJohn Cage Introductory Comments\n\t\t163\t“Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake”\n\t\t318\tUnknown Woman “It, It Looks…”\n\t\t342\tAnne Waldman “Plutonium Ode”\n\t\t369\t“Skin, meat, bones”\n\t\t533\tSide 3 ends\nFour\t\t\tTime: 33:00 mins.\n\t\t000\t\n\t\t006\tIntroduction\n\t\t010\tLaurie Anderson and Julia Heyward “Song from America on the Move”\n\t\t148\tAllen Ginsberg “Punk Rock”\n\t\t162\t“Old Pond”\n\t\t220\tPeter Orlovsky “Feeding Them Raspberries To Grow”\n\t\t263\tAllen Ginsberg Concise Introduction \n\t\t267\t“Nurses Song”\n\t\t323\tConversations [Burroughs, Gysin, Dr. Timothy Leary, Les Levine and Robert Anton Wilson] Gist of the conversations is “Space”. Individual members of the group didactically explain their view of “Space”. Much flattery is extended to Burroughs by the rest of the group\n\t\t535\tSide 4 ends"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670554182090753,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.590Z","score":4.9116282}]