[Vancouver Poetry Conference, 1963] / Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Margaret Avison.

Recorded at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C. from July 24 to August 16, 1963 by Fred Wah on a 7 inch, 4 track, Sarkes reel-to-reel tape.

On PCF005, Margaret Avison, Denise Levertov, and Robert Creeley give seperate poetry readings, answer questions from audience members, Duncan speaks with Ginsberg and Creeley between Levertov's and Creeley's readings, and Creeley, Ginsberg, and Duncan speak together after Creeley's reading.

Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Margaret Avison.

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1963

Sound recording

PCF005

Disc 1.Margaret Avison reading:first line of poem:[In those first days] --A poet's preface --Vancouver street sketch --first line of poem:[He whips his legs along] --A pair of people --Public address --The swimmer's moment --Thaw --Voluptuaries and others --In a season of unemployment --Transit --first line of poem:[This is another time] --Transity --A nameless one --The medical arts --Hot June --Unspeakable --first line of poem:[All my days have digits in them] --Old, young --Farm, at dark, on the great plain (Ferenc Juh?

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