Margaret Atwood, 1974
Annotations by Kylie Warkentin. Recording: “Margaret Atwood at SGWU, 1974,” found in “The SGWU Poetry Series” collection by SpokenWeb Montreal
| Time | Annotation | Layer |
|---|---|---|
| 0:46 - 0:49 | precious particularly to the object is themselves [noise] = precious particulary to the artists themselves | T_Layer |
| 1:10 - 1:15 | how i heard [laughter] okay can new you are r. us the get new has = howard [laughter] can you as the can you ask the security | T_Layer |
| 1:52 - 1:59 | [noise] know mall than ten [noise] = no more than ten | T_Layer |
| 2:51 - 2:54 | [noise] smell the roses swerve [laughter] [noise] = move the rows forward | T_Layer |
| 5:50 - 5:54 | she's giving us two novels in the last side he hears the out of a woman = she's given us two novels in the last five years the edible woman | T_Layer |
| 6:14 - 6:16 | canadians stacey than sours as victims [noise] = canadians see themselves as victims | T_Layer |
| 9:54 - 9:57 | news real men man end and firing school = news reel men and firing squad | T_Layer |
| 11:37 - 11:50 | [noise] useless of useless lewis ouse against mouse lipped snow moving in those = useless useless mouth against mouth lips moving in these | T_Layer |
| 15:49 - 15:50 | slowly lift the bed reversed = slowly flawless but reversed | T_Layer |
| 16:21 - 16:22 | they are important and it's two = they are important two (added word) | T_Layer |
| 18:55 - 18:57 | were loyal |
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| 38:39 - 38:45 | [laughter] they left = [laughter] they left [laughter (there was some light laughter before, but missed the big seconds of loud laughing from crowd) | T_Layer |
| 41:58 - 41:60 | tried him neck than the movie for a certain period of tell = try and make the movie for a certain period of time | T_Layer |
| 0:00 | Unknown speaking | S_Layer |
| 0:21 | Howard Fink speaking | S_Layer |
| 0:22 | Unknown speaking | S_Layer |
| 1:30 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 1:41 | Audience speaking | S_Layer |
| 1:44 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 1:52 - 1:59 | Unknown speaking | S_Layer |
| 5:19 | Wynne Francis speaking | S_Layer |
| 7:38 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 10:04 | Margaret Atwood reading "Newsreel, Man and Firing Squad" | S_Layer |
| 11:36 | Margaret Atwood reading "Useless" | S_Layer |
| 12:35 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 12:48 | Margaret Atwood reading "November" | S_Layer |
| 13:52 | Margaret Atwood reading "Repent" | S_Layer |
| 14:47 | Margaret Atwood reading "Tricks with Mirrors" | S_Layer |
| 17:51 | Margaret Atwood reading "You are Happy" | S_Layer |
| 18:48 | Margaret Atwood reading "First Prayer" | S_Layer |
| 20:25 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 22:18 | Margaret Atwood reading unknown poem, first line "You take my hand and I'm suddenly in a bad movie..." | S_Layer |
| 23:13 - 21:32 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 23:28 | Margaret Atwood reading "They Eat Out" | S_Layer |
| 24:44 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 25:06 | Margaret Atwood reading "Siren Song" | S_Layer |
| 26:12 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 28:20 | Margaret Atwood reading "It is Not" | S_Layer |
| 30:37 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 30:54 | Margaret Atwood reading "There is Only One of Everything" | S_Layer |
| 32:30 - 32:20 | Margaret Atwood reading "Late August" | S_Layer |
| 33:26 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 33:31 | Margaret Atwood reading "Book of Ancestors" | S_Layer |
| 36:47 | Wynne Francis speaking | S_Layer |
| 37:04 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 37:28 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 37:30 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 38:54 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 39:17 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 40:19 | Same male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 40:29 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 40:32 | Same male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 40:39 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 40:56 | Same male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 41:04 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 41:07 | Same male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 41:14 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 41:34 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 41:39 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 42:42 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 42:46 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 44:26 | Same female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 44:30 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 45:22 | Wynne Francis speaking | S_Layer |
| 45:51 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 46:08 | Wynne Francis speaking | S_Layer |
| 46:16 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 46:20 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 47:08 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 47:09 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 47:11 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 47:15 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 47:58 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 48:03 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 49:09 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 49:22 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 49:31 | Same female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 49:41 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 50:14 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 50:16 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 50:22 | Same female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 50:25 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 52:30 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 52:33 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 54:02 - 54:01 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 54:11 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 55:20 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 55:25 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 55:46 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 55:49 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 55:51 | Same male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 55:54 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 56:24 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 56:24 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 56:41 | Female audience member asks question | S_Layer |
| 56:49 - 57:01 | Margaret Atwood and same female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 57:02 | Same female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 57:15 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 58:04 | Female audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 58:04 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 58:12 | Male audience member speaking | S_Layer |
| 58:45 | Margaret Atwood speaking | S_Layer |
| 59:38 | Wynne Francis speaking | S_Layer |
| 1:20 | Possible cut in recording | N_Layer |
| 1:24 - 5:19 | Mic picking up conversations of crowd as they move around so transcription is random | N_Layer |
| 26:12 | Reading cut mid sentence | N_Layer |
| 26:57 | Recording cut, repeats, Margaret Atwood begins mid-sentence reading unknown poem which is cut mid-sentence | N_Layer |
| 36:36 - 36:38 | Possible cut in recording or mic failure | N_Layer |
| 41:38 - 41:42 | Volume for questions has been increased, so when Atwood responds with the mic it's sometimes to loud (as here, when her words are unintelligible) | N_Layer |
| 59:46 | End of recording | N_Layer |
| 0:46 - 0:49 | Mic feedback, laughter | E_Layer |
| 1:10 - 1:15 | Mic feedback, laughter | E_Layer |
| 1:52 - 1:59 | Mic feedback, crowd talking, shuffling of chairs | E_Layer |
| 2:51 - 2:54 | Crowd talking, people moving | E_Layer |
| 5:50 - 5:54 | Soft talking in background, person coughs, bit of mic feedback | E_Layer |
| 6:14 - 6:16 | Talking in background, page rustling at beginning | E_Layer |
| 9:54 - 9:57 | Mic feedback, bit of a double buzz, echoes in room | E_Layer |
| 11:37 - 11:50 | Mic feedback, papers rustling, echoes | E_Layer |
| 15:49 - 15:50 | Slight clipping, echo, mic feedback, fans in background? | E_Layer |
| 16:21 - 16:22 | Air in background | E_Layer |
| 38:39 - 38:45 | Laughter | E_Layer |
| 41:58 - 41:60 | Some mic movement | E_Layer |