modernism Archives – SpokenWeb

ShortCuts: TAKE 2 – ‘Little Magazines’ and New Print Possibilities in Canada (Post)

Posted August 14, 2023

This post is the second of a three-part series by Teddie Brock, all based on a 1978 panel discussion with Dorothy Livesay, Anne Marriott, and Irving Layton, as recorded on audio preserved at the Simon Fraser University Archives. Check back on SPOKENWEBLOG for the next installment of this close listening to the archives as they […]

Article, Collections, ShortCuts, SPOKENWEBLOG | Anne Marriott, canadian poetry, Dorothy Livesay, Irving Layton, little magazines, modernism, Simon Fraser University

ShortCuts: TAKE 1 – Canadian Poetry “In The Air” and “On The Page” (Post)

Posted June 23, 2023

LIVESAY: “But in the 30s there were absolutely no readings… I—we were much too embarrassed or shy even to read to each other. Everything was the printed word. And that is why the magazine was such an important thing… Poets were working together to produce a magazine, and to try and get an audience for […]

Audio of the week, ShortCuts, SPOKENWEBLOG | Anne Marriott, audio archives, canadian literature, canadian poetry, Dorothy Livesay, Irving Layton, literary modernism, little magazines, modernism, print culture, Simon Fraser University

ShortCuts Introduction: Canadian Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s—Listening to Literary History (Post)

Posted May 19, 2023

ShortCuts on SPOKENWEBLOG is a series of critical commentaries about short clips selected from audio collections across the SpokenWeb network. This post introduces a three-part series by Teddie Brock, all based on a 1978 panel discussion with Dorothy Livesay, Anne Marriott, and Irving Layton, as recorded on audio preserved at the Simon Fraser University Archives. […]

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ShortCuts: TAKE 2 – ‘Little Magazines’ and New Print Possibilities in Canada (Post)

ShortCuts: TAKE 1 – Canadian Poetry “In The Air” and “On The Page” (Post)

ShortCuts Introduction: Canadian Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s—Listening to Literary History (Post)