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A black-and-white portrait of Robert Hogg. Robert is captured in motion writing at a table in front of him.
Vancouver 1964. My flat at 4th and Burrard, with stubby beer, clipboard, & trusty Halda typewriter wch I still have—just before hitchhiking east to TO, Buffalo, and NYC.

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Sharon Thesen

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Sharon Thesen’s Reading at Bowerings’

Sharon Thesen reads from Artemis Hates Romance at George and Angela Bowering’s house. Robin Blaser is heard in attendance.

Citation: “Side A: Sharon Thesen Reading at [George and Angela] Bowerings'” from Sharon Thesen fonds, nd. 2019.002.002, SoundBox Collection, AMP Lab at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C. https://soundbox.ok.ubc.ca/sharon-thesen/

On Side A, Thesen reads: “Japanese Movies,” “Choice,” “Jack & Jill,” “Being Lost, As Usual,” “Thanks for the Party,” “Day Dream,” “Kirk Lonegren’s Home Movie Taking Place Just North of Prince George, with Sound,” “Mean Drunk Poem,” “Artemis Hates Romance,” “On an Island, Swinging at Night on a Rope that Hangs from a Tree,” “Easter Sunday,” “It Being Over, There Being No Other Way,” “Postscript to Duncan McNaughton,” “The Shifting Sands Motel,” “July 1st, 1979,” and part of “Getting on With It.”

Citation: “Side B: Sharon Thesen Reading at [George and Angela] Bowerings’” (edited version) from Sharon Thesen fonds, nd. 2019.002.002, SoundBox Collection, AMP Lab at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C. https://soundbox.ok.ubc.ca/sharon-thesen/

On Side B, Thesen reads: second part of “Getting on With It,” “After Joe Clark Winning the Federal Election,” “Dedication,” “Japanese Movies 2,” [intermission], “Wilkinson Road Poems,” “Po-It-Tree,” Parts of Speech: 12 Poems: “1. The,” “2. To See,” “3. This & That,” “4. Confession,” “5. Usage,” “6. Person Place or Thing,” 7. The Argument Begins With A,” “8. Grinning Away in Paradise,” “9. After Spicer,” “[rereads by request] 9. After Spicer,” “10. Magic,” “11. Echolocation,” “12. The End,” “Loose Woman Poem.” [end of Artemis Hates Romance] [reads from new work-in-progress, introduced as, “Radio New France Radio”] “The Fable [?],” “Carre St. Louis,” [re-reads by request] “Carre St. Louis,” “Here.”

The cover of Artemis Hates Romance by Sharon Thesen. Publisher: The Coach House Press, 1980.

Sharon Thesen class visit, reading from The Beginning of the Long Dash ms, Nov 14 86, ENGL 205 (full recording).

Sharon Thesen reading from The Beginning of the Long Dash manuscript. Class visit to Warren Tallman’s ENGL 205, 14 November 1986; UBC Vancouver.

Citation: “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 at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C. https://soundbox.ok.ubc.ca/sharon-thesen/

“Chrysanthemum Perfume”

Citation: Thesen, Sharon. “Chrysanthemum Perfume” from The Beginning of the Long Dash ms. Nov 14 86 205 Sharon Thesen [Guest lectures in Warren Tallman’s English 205 class, UBC Vancouver]. 1986. 2012.002.033. Warren Tallman fonds. SoundBox Collection, AMP Lab at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C. https://soundbox.ok.ubc.ca/sharon-thesen/
A black cassette tape with a white label at the bottom. In handwriting reads, "November 14, 86', 205 Sharon Thesen."

Bibliography

Thesen, Sharon. Artemis Hates Romance. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1980.

—. The Beginning of the Long Dash. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1987.

—. The Fire: A Critical Digital Edition. Ed. Amy Thiessen. Hons English Thesis, UBC Okanagan, 2020.

—. Refabulations. Ed. Erín Moure. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2023.

Thesen, Sharon, guest contributor. “Challenging, Beautiful Bioregion.” Listening to Fire Knowledges in and around the Okanagan Valley, podcast. Judith Burr, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus). July 20, 2022. listeningtofirepodcast.ca/items/show/8.

Thesen, Sharon, guest. “Only the Imagination Carries Forward.” SoundBox Signals, podcast. Karis Shearer and Nour Sallam, Simplecast. March 9, 2020. soundbox-signals.simplecast.com/episodes/only-the-imagination-carries-forward.

Thiessen, Amy. Interview with Sharon Thesen. in The Fire: A Critical Digital Edition. Ed. Amy Thiessen. Hons English Thesis, UBC Okanagan, 2020.