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The Bards of March at University of Alberta, 1986 Part I
This audio was originally recorded in 1986, at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. The segment of this recording found in the SpokenWeb UAlberta in 360° video can be found in Part II. This recording, along with additional metadata, can be found here via the University of Alberta.
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00:00 - 13:08
Shirley Neuman introduces the New West Institute and the writers of the New West Press
13:08 - 14:36
Shirley Neuman introduces Don Kerr
14:36 - 15:46
Kerr introduces himself and his poem "1968: an Aware Poem for the Responsible Use of Alcohol"
15:46 - 17:45
Kerr performs "1968: an Aware Poem for the Responsible Use of Alcohol"
17:45 - 18:00
Kerr addresses the audience
18:00 - 20:25
Kerr performs "1968: The Spirit of Edmonton"
20:25 - 20:58
Kerr introduces "Weekend in San Francisco, part 5: Evening"
20:58 - 23:10
Kerr performs "Weekend in San Francisco, part 5: Evening"
23:10 - 24:10
Kerr performs "Editing the Prairie"
24:10 - 24:50
Kerr performs "The Transcript"
24:50 - 25:14
Kerr introduces "The Fight for the Family Poet"
25:14 - 27:29
Kerr performs "The Fight for the Family Poet"
27:29 - 31:36
Shirley Neuman introduces Henry Kreisel
31:36 - 34:24
Kreisel introduces himself and selected writings from his book, ANOTHER COUNTRY
34:24 - 44:16
Kreisel performs a passage about arriving in Fiji
44:16 - 46:16
Kreisel introduces a journal entry about a Friends of the Indians convention
46:16 - 54:46
Kreisel performs a passage about the Friends of the Indians convention
54:46 - 56:23
Shirley Neuman addresses the audience and introduces Smaro Kamboureli
56:23 - 56:45
Kamboureli introduces herself
56:45 - 58:49
Kamboureli performs selections from her published journals, IN THE SECOND PERSON
58:49 - 59:00
Kamboureli introduces a passage about living in Greece
59:00 - 1:05:54
Kamboureli performs more journal entries
1:05:54 - 1:07:30
Shirley Neuman addresses the audience and introduces Birk Sproxton
1:07:30 - 1:09:01
Sproxton introduces himself and his book HEADFRAME
1:09:01 - 1:09:27
Sproxton performs "Flin-Flon? Why..."
1:09:28 - 1:10:24
Sproxton performs "The story changes..."
1:10:25 - 1:10:57
Sproxton performs "walking thru the bush..."
1:10:58 - 1:12:06
Sproxton performs "walking into a library..." (first poem in "Document Section")
1:12:07 - 1:12:35
Sproxton performs "when they stopped..."
1:12:36 - 1:12:49
Sproxton introduces "Fragmental Rock"
1:12:50 - 1:13:11
Sproxton performs "Fragmental Rock"
1:13:12 - 1:13:40
Sproxton performs "something to be said about opening a book..."
1:13:41 - 1:14:26
Sproxton introduces a series of short poems
1:14:26 - 1:15:16
Sproxton performs "You Can Hear Him Mutter" (the last half of the poem)
1:15:16 - 1:15:32
Sproxton introduces "Athapap (Little Athapap)"
1:15:32 - 1:16:50
Sproxton performs "Athapap (Little Athapap)"
1:16:50 - 1:17:15
Sproxton introduces ": pass me the puck Bobby he says pass me"
1:17:15 - 1:18:00
Sproxton performs ": pass me the puck Bobby he says pass me"
1:18:00 - 1:18:27
Sproxton addresses the audience
1:18:27 - 1:18:42
Sproxton introduces "Phantom Lake"
1:18:43 - 1:19:16
Sproxton performs "Phantom Lake"
1:19:17 - 1:19:42
Sproxton performs ???
1:19:43 - 1:22:06
Shirley Neuman addresses the audience and introduces Doug Barbour