[Canadian Poetry Festival at the University at Buffalo, October 20, 1980, lecture "Roots and new directions"] / Doug Jones, Gerry Gilbert, Fred Wah

introduction by Robert Creeley.

Recorded on a Ampex 7 inch reel-to-reel tape on October 20, 1980 at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo.

Recording of the Canadian Poetry Festival's lecture delivered by Doug Jones with discussion by Fred Wah and Gerry Gilbert. Introduction by Robert Creeley. Jones reads from an essay which chronicles his view of 150 years of Canadian poetry and proposes that there is a distinct Canadian poetic tradition. He also discusses various Canadian poets, such as Margaret Atwood, Dennis Lee and E.J. Pratt.

Doug Jones, Gerry Gilbert, Fred Wah

introduction by Robert Creeley.

The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries. Digital conversion was made possible through a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.

1980

Sound recording

PCF057A

Hear@Buffalo: The Poetry Collection’s Audio Archive

UB Only

lib-pc002-PCF057A.mp3