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Poet and Critic: Plenary Readings at Edmonton Art Gallery, 1969
This audio was originally recorded in 1969, at the Art Gallery of Alberta (at the time, it was the Edmonton Art Gallery). The segment of this recording found in the SpokenWeb UAlberta in 360° video begins at minute 0:13 and ends at 1:13. This recording, along with additional metadata and a Part II, can be found here via the University of Alberta.
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00:00 - 01:12
Livesay introduces herself and "Aliens All"
01:12 - 02:25
Livesay performs "Aliens All"
02:25 - 02:34
Livesay introduces "No Exit"
02:34 - 03:28
Livesay performs "No Exit"
03:28 - 04:05
Livesay introduces Stephen Scobie
04:05 - 05:08
Scobie introduces himself and "The Wanderer"
05:08 - 05:50
Scobie performs "The Wanderer"
05:50 - 05:57
Scobie introduces "Songs are Uneasy Company"
05:57 - 07:00
Scobie performs "Songs are Uneasy Company"
07:00 - 07:20
Ambient sound: crowd noise
07:20 - 09:15
Unidentified Host introduces the remaining poets and Lionel Kearns
09:15 - 10:30
Ambient sound: more crowd noise
10:30 - 10:48
Kearns introduces "Environment"
10:48 - 12:44
Kearns performs "Environment"
12:44 - 13:10
Kearns introduces "Telephone"
13:10 - 17:10
Kearns performs "Telephone"
17:10 - 17:16
Kearns introduces "Transport"
17:16 - 20:48
Kearns performs "Transport"
20:48 - 22:45
Unidentified Host introduces Earle Birney
22:45 - 25:52
Birney introduces himself
25:52 - 26:49
Birney performs his translation of "While I Am Drinking a Cup of Coffee" by Oscar Oliva
26:49 - 27:24
Birney introduces "First Peek of Frost"
27:24 - 28:23
Birney performs "First Peek of Frost"
28:23 - 29:47
Birney introduces "John Cabot"
29:47 - 30:32
Birney performs "John Cabot"
30:32 - 30:37
Birney introduces "Our Forefathers Literary"
30:37 - 31:35
Birney performs "Our Forefathers Literary"
31:35 - 32:05
Birney introduces "Window Seat"
32:05 - 33:32
Birney performs "Window Seat"
33:32 - 34:45
Birney introduces "There Are Delicacies"
34:45 - 36:08
Birney performs "There Are Delicacies"
36:08 - 36:29
Birney introduces "Found Swahili Serenade"
36:29 - 37:04
Birney performs "Found Swahili Serenade"
37:04 - 37:37
Birney performs "Found Blues"
37:37 - 38:55
Birney performs "From the Hazel Bough"
38:55 - 40:22
Birney discusses George Bowering and introduces "Imageorge"
40:22 - 42:06
Birney performs "Imageorge"
42:06 - 42:41
Birney introduces "For Maistre Geoffrey"
42:41 - 44:22
Birney performs "For Maistre Geoffrey"
44:22 - 45:30
Birney performs "Song for Sunsets"
45:30 - 47:33
Birney performs "Bushed"
47:33 - 48:40
Birney performs "Wind-Chimes in a Temple Ruin"
48:40 - 51:22
Birney introduces "Toronto Board of Trade Goes Abroad"
51:22 - 54:05
Birney performs "Toronto Board of Trade Goes Abroad"
54:05 - 54:49
Unidentified Host introduces Elizabeth Brewster
54:49 - 55:35
Brewster introduces herself
55:35 - 57:12
Brewster performs "Past as Present"
57:12 - 57:27
Brewster introduces "Orange Rooster"
57:27 - 58:03
Brewster performs "Orange Rooster"
58:03 - 58:52
Brewster performs "Sunflowers"
58:52 - 1:00:01
Brewster performs "In the Venus Restaurant"
1:00:01 - 1:00:27
Brewster introduces "Dream"
1:00:27 - 1:01:05
Brewster performs "Dream"
1:01:05 - 1:01:45
Brewster performs "Adrift"
1:01:45 - 1:02:08
Brewster introduces "Jamie"
1:02:08 - 1:03:48
Brewster performs "Jamie"
1:03:48 - 1:05:36
Brewster performs "A Narrative of Singular Imposition"
1:05:36 - 1:06:55
Brewster performs "Death"
1:06:55 - 1:07:40
Brewster performs "Acting in the Snow"
1:07:40 - 1:07:55
Brewster introduces "Sunday Morning"
1:07:55 - 1:09:00
Brewster performs "Sunday Morning"
1:09:00 - 1:09:11
Brewster introduces "Thirty Below"
1:09:11 - 1:09:57
Brewster performs "Thirty Below"
1:09:57 - 1:10:30
Brewster introduces "Tea-Leaf Reading"
1:10:30 - 1:12:07
Brewster performs "Tea-Leaf Reading"
1:12:07 - 1:13:19
Unidentified Host introduces Doug Jones
1:13:19 - 1:15:24
Jones introduces himself and "October 24, 1962"
1:15:24 - 1:16:19
Jones performs "October 24, 1962"
1:16:19 - 1:18:10
Jones performs "The Perishing Bird"
1:18:10 - 1:20:22
Jones introduces "De Profundis Conjugii Vox et Responsum"
1:20:22 - 1:25:43
Jones performs "De Profundis Conjugii Vox et Responsum"
1:25:43 - 1:26:08
Jones introduces "View from My Window"
1:26:08 - 1:26:31
Jones performs "View from My Window"
1:26:31 - 1:26:47
Jones introduces "The Picture of Your House"
1:26:47 - 1:28:08
Jones performs "The Picture of Your House"
1:28:08 - 1:29:52
Jones introduces "Backup Orchard, 1963?"
1:29:52 - 1:30:46
Jones performs (Title Unknown)
1:30:46 - 1:31:22
Jones introduces "The Corn Stalks like Pale Choreiforms"
1:31:22 - 1:32:42
Jones performs "The Corn Stalks like Pale Choreiforms"
1:32:42 - 1:33:21
Jones introduces "The Stream Exposed with All Its Stones"
1:33:21 - 1:34:46
Jones performs "The Stream Exposed with All Its Stones"
1:34:46 - 1:35:05
Unidentified Host introduces Peter Stevens
1:35:05 - 1:35:42
Stevens introduces himself
1:35:42 - 1:36:30
Stevens performs "Whiskers"