The SoundBox Collection
The opening of “Hearing the Interior with Fred Wah and Pauline Butling” exhibition featured readings by Daphne Marlatt, Sharon Thesen, Erin Scott, Deanna Fong, and Klara du Plessis.
University of Exeter undergraduates Sofie Drew and Emily Chircop carry out a close listening of a 1980 recording of Sharon Thesen reading from her first book Artemis Hates Romance at George and Angela Bowerings’ house. Drew and Chircop’s conversation focuses on the intimacy, sociality, and ambiguity of the recording, and how this shapes interpretation. The episode features multiple archival clips from the digitized cassette tape, alongside interview audio from Karis Shearer and George Bowering. “Sharon Thesen’s Reading at the Bowerings’” was co-produced by Emily Chircop and Sofie Drew as part of the Press Play project. The SoundBox Collection is part of the SpokenWeb SSHRC Partnership Grant.
This tape consists of an amateur home recording of a private reading among poets and friends hosted by George and Angela Bowering on August 16, 1986. Guest readers include Sharon Thesen and Robin Blaser. Other readers may include Rob Dunham reading Luis Posse’s poems and Dwight Gardiner. The sociality and community-focus of the event is […]
Sharon Thesen class visit, reading from The Beginning of the Long Dash ms, Nov 14 86, ENGL 205 (full recording). Citation: Thesen, Sharon and Warren Tallman. “Nov 14 86 205 Sharon” from Nov 14 86 205 Sharon Thesen [Guest lectures in Warren Tallman’s English 205 class]. 1986. 2012.002.033. Warren Tallman fonds. SoundBox Collection, AMP Lab […]
“Chrysanthemum Perfume” from The Beginning of the Long Dash