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right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=19.12,22.68"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=22.68,23.68"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's 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My father's house turns macho as from far the hunters gather.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=1290.168,1297.209"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/230","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"All night long, contentless women stir their brews, hot coffee, chacolata, serice,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=1298.168,1305.128"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/231","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"rock pone and tie leaf for tomorrow's sport. 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Our world of sorrow has forced us to close our door,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=1715.848,1726.809"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/282","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"but there is this other world out there, forever open, carrying on as before.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=1727.449,1733.848"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/283","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I'll just, I'll read one poem from the set that is not in book, collected in a book, but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=1736.249,1743.369"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/284","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"which was sent out. 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The vacation-bound stopped at borders by fear and COVID-19 restrictions.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=1817.498,1828.278"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/295","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But the flight of earlier visitors was also interrupted and by something deadlier that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=1828.278,1834.897"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/296","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"we're still trying to decipher. 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Maybe I'll accept after all my commission as apprentice spider","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2021.758,2031.917"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/319","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"who spins from her gut the threads for flying, for tying up words that spilled, hanging out tails","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2032.118,2040.717"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/320","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"long unspoken, reeling in songs, casting off dancing, and perhaps for binding up wounds. 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Perhaps they'll spin off into rainbow-hued streamers, plummeting the spaces","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2092.678,2101.317"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/327","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of earth into which all those millions disappeared, awaking and setting free the dreamers. For sometimes,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2101.317,2111.998"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/328","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and I quote Neruda, it's hard to tell if we close our eyes or if night opens in us other-starred","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2112.278,2121.917"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/329","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"eyes, if it bars into the wall of our dream till some door opens. And so my trickster powers evolve","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2121.917,2132.278"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/330","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in, I'm learning like you, Pablo Neruda, veteran tightrope walker, to swing more easily between joy","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2132.278,2140.597"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/331","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and obligation. Here it is, this poem I've made for you like a quilt from thread and strips as a way","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2140.718,2151.118"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/332","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of thanking you, not for all your other gifts, for that would require a book, but simply in exchange","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2151.118,2158.197"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/333","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"for your kite, which as you have seen, I've turned to good use, and for allowing me to explore","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2158.197,2166.357"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/334","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"boundlessness, for witnessing how the thread of poetry can serve for binding up and for unbinding,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2166.477,2175.037"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/335","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and for the bounty of these lines which have unwound themselves. God is dead, wrote Nietzsche,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2175.037,2184.278"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/336","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"heaven is empty, wrote Kandinsky, God is dead. You, Pablo Neruda, saw instead the heavens unfastened","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2184.278,2196.998"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/337","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and open. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2196.998,2199.678"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/338","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Wow. Thank you. Thank you. Please, please stay up here. We have a bit of time to visit. That was such a","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2214.278,2226.757"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/339","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"beautiful and moving reading. It's wonderful. Thank you. So we have some time for questions. If you want","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2226.757,2237.558"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/340","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to collect your thoughts, I will start and ask you one to get us going. You know, I was thinking","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2237.558,2245.597"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/341","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about this as I was listening to, but I was thinking about this also when I was looking at some of your","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2245.597,2253.238"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/342","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"poems from this one originally published in Shell, which is a very moving collection as well. Some","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2253.238,2262.798"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/343","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"lines from the poem, the song that it sings really landed in me and made me think about you and you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2262.798,2269.118"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/344","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"being here and you being in Toronto also. So far from the sea I find myself, you wrote. I find","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2269.118,2277.678"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/345","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"myself worldless. Oh, leave it alone, but I meant to write wordless. So I loved that, that little","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2277.678,2286.438"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/346","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"switch and thinking about the connections between word and world and thinking about the geographical","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2286.597,2294.037"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/347","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"specificity of so many of your poems, even as they are always to me conjuring a kind of planetary","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2294.037,2301.037"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/348","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"sensibility. So I wondered if you could talk to us a little bit about your experience of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2301.558,2308.917"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/349","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"growing up and having the sensibility that is informed by the sea, by being on an island and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2309.037,2318.758"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/350","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"then being in Canada where you are so often landlocked. Islanded. Yeah, yeah. And just how","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2318.758,2326.037"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/351","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that influences your poetry and how you think about some of these things. Thank you. Well,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2326.037,2334.157"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/352","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I hate to shatter this stereotype, but I grew up in the mountains of Jamaica. It's a small island.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2334.277,2339.917"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/353","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's very mountainous. I never saw the sea until I was four years old. And I distinctly remember the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2340.118,2346.198"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/354","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"moment coming down off a hill, seeing the sea of Montego Bay. If you've been there, it's just so","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2346.198,2351.558"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/355","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"incredibly beautiful. And that is, you know, a memory. Well, I always say all my early memories, I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2351.558,2357.678"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/356","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"was poor. I truly don't know. But I didn't grow up. I grew up far, far from the sea up in the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2357.678,2364.878"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/357","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"mountains. So my memories really are of mountains. That is what is embedded in my consciousness","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2364.878,2373.998"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/358","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"rather than the sea. And in fact, in this book, I noticed I have a lot of poems about the sea, and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2374.277,2380.037"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/359","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"they all portray the sea as dangerous. And not very, you know, those are my my sea poems. And I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2380.037,2388.917"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/360","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"swim, I go to the beach, I'll never get on a boat. Because I, you know, I really think I'm terrified","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2388.917,2395.078"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/361","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of the sea because the Guyanese have a proverb that says the sea has no back door. And I'd rather be","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2395.078,2401.878"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/362","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"on land, I feel safer on land, because I don't know what's in there. 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But for me, it was very different.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2416.717,2422.878"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/365","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In fact, a lot of Jamaicans can't swim, a lot of fishermen can't swim. 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It's a very rural, mountainous landscape, very green, full of birds, and you know, that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2438.477,2447.957"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/368","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"kind of life.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2447.957,2448.638"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/369","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2460.357,2460.837"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/370","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I was wondering what your connection with Pablo Neruda is and how you were introduced to the poetry and what resonates with you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2461.037,2468.157"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/371","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. Thanks for that. I, I think because at some point, I got very interested in Latin American literature on my","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2468.438,2478.758"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/372","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"own, starting with, of course, 100 Years of Solitude. But you know, I got involved in reading that amazing","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2478.758,2486.078"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/373","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"literature that was coming out of South America, and I guess, getting interested in the poets followed. And I love","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2486.078,2494.157"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/374","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Pablo Neruda, actually all the poets that I really admire and respect, starting with Walt Whitman, or a lot of the other","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2494.198,2503.998"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/375","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"names I could give you. They're all socially conscious poets who set out to write the nation in whatever way, but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2503.998,2512.758"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/376","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"thinking of the, you know, ascribing poetry that is of the people. And that is what something that I feel unconsciously, I do as","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2512.758,2524.878"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/377","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"well. So I think that was part of my interest in Neruda. And especially in his poet poems, and that are very short, his use of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2524.878,2537.397"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/378","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"very short lines was something that I really admired, too. And I think I got that through the West Indian poem, a Bajan poet, Kamal","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2537.397,2549.157"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/379","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Brathwaite, who also began to use short lines, and so on. So, but my journey has been, in a way, very much on my own, simply reading and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2549.157,2560.238"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/380","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"discovering poets. And I discovered Neruda, and I'm still a very big fan of his work, as I say, because, because of his social","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2560.238,2570.198"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/381","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"consciousness. And because he wanted to write poetry that was simple, and could be understood by ordinary people, you know, it's not poetry of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2570.198,2581.238"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/382","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the academy, which is what I aspire to do. So I think he's been a big influence on me, among other poets. Thanks.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2581.238,2590.798"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/383","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Do you feel like your process or your poetry or your relationship to your process and poetry changed at all with COVID? And if you feel like","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2595.638,2605.517"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/384","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"there was a change, like, how was that? What kind of change was that for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2605.517,2609.157"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/385","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah, that's interesting. Um, it changed. And I'll tell you why. But I don't I think I've gone back to where I was before. Because the thing","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2609.277,2618.238"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/386","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about the way I wrote pandemic poems is not how I write. I will take years thinking about, you know, a poem, maybe not years, but I don't write","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2618.238,2628.597"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/387","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"quickly. I don't just have an idea and write a poem. I like to percolate for a very long time. Whereas the pandemic poems, they were","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2628.597,2637.638"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/388","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"instantaneous, almost. I, as I say, they were inspired by the title would have been a word or a phrase of the period. And I didn't start off","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2637.638,2650.878"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/389","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"wanting to write poems, I started off collecting this glossary of terms, because I was so intrigued. And then I said, What am I going to do","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2650.878,2659.037"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/390","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"with it? And then I had nothing to do. I was locked up in an apartment. And I said, Oh, I'm gonna write poetry. And so I, it's poetry that I wrote","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2659.037,2668.717"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/391","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"very quickly. In other words, and it, you know, I was just using the title and trying to write around it. But I also did a lot of research because I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2668.717,2680.477"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/392","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"hardly watch TV, I have to confess, I'm not visual that way. But I read about five newspapers every day. 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And so the poems are informed by not","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2689.517,2698.558"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/394","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"just the phrase","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2698.558,2699.318"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/395","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"is about a lot more around, you know, surrounded the phrases, but I wrote them very quickly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2699.328,2706.668"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/396","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I sent them out. And what shocked me and pleased me was how quickly people responded.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2706.668,2713.568"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/397","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, I sent them out on what was on Twitter and Facebook. And I mean, before the poem","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2713.568,2719.608"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/398","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"even went out, people were responding to it. And that kept me going. 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But also, it made me realize that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2725.368,2731.947"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/400","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I was going back to the earliest, to the origins of poetry, where you sat in a circle around","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2731.947,2738.247"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/401","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the fire, you had an audience, and they responded to it. And you, you know, you kept on going.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2738.247,2744.967"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/402","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So from that point of view, it was great. But also, I don't feel I'm a little conflicted","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2744.967,2751.868"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/403","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about these poems, in that I was trying not to write great poetry, not that I tried to","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2751.868,2757.828"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/404","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"write great poetry. But you know, I was more concerned with presenting a concept than with,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2757.828,2765.148"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/405","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"you know, the way I would normally write. So yeah, my whole style, technique, everything","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2765.148,2769.408"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/406","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"changed. And also, because I put them in a frame with an illustration, I was limited","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2769.408,2777.308"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/407","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in terms of length. And that was a good thing. You know, that forced me to, as my journalism","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2777.308,2783.308"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/408","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"professors used to say, write tight. So it was a good discipline for me. And I, I stopped","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2783.308,2790.027"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/409","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"writing them, because I just, I lost the momentum. Actually, I tried to write a poem at the start","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2790.027,2800.847"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/410","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of the war. You know, the Russian attack on our, on them. And I couldn't do it. And","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2800.847,2813.927"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/411","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I stopped at that point, I, you know, because I was so involved in, in what was happening","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2813.927,2819.247"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/412","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in the world. And I just felt it was too much. I can't, I can't write anymore about this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2819.247,2824.527"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/413","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But I might go back to it, because COVID is here again. And I'm getting interested again","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2824.527,2830.048"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/414","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in what's happening. And I, I'm seeing words, language, that maybe I want to play around","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2830.048,2836.607"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/415","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"with. But since then, I'm writing other poems. And I'm going back to the way I used to write,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2836.607,2843.367"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/416","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"which is spending a lot of time on, you know, on the poem. But thank you for that question.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2843.367,2849.087"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/417","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"GK.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2850.048,2850.648"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/418","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. I started questioning this piece. I was just thinking by your, your poem on Oya, which","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2851.328,2859.688"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/419","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"is your background is in Uruguay. My hometown is not too far from the River Niger. It's just","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2859.688,2866.967"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/420","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a few, few miles. And the goddess, it's also believed that there's a kind of relationship","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2866.967,2876.087"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/421","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"between the River Niger and the goddess, perhaps maybe because the goddess is the,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2876.087,2880.727"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/422","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"is the god in the world and place. So it's interesting that these days, the kind of acceptance","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2880.727,2889.607"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/423","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and reception that indigenous practices like that in Nigeria, they are getting are not","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2889.607,2897.768"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/424","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"quite great in terms of what other religions like Islam, Christianity. So when you read","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2897.768,2907.208"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/425","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the poem, it's kind of a kind of, I would use some kind of, I don't know how to feel","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2907.208,2912.887"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/426","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"within that. Yeah, this is good. This is great to hear because home life, what is happening","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2912.887,2919.048"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/427","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in the Americas and the Caribbean, how they are actually treating what we are telling","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2919.048,2923.688"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/428","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"you. So it's not the same. We have always said that Nigeria is a secular state, but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2923.688,2935.367"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/429","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"it is not. In the realities, it is Islam and Christian state. So minority religion, like","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2935.367,2942.887"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/430","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"those who are worshipping traditional practices are not, are not that in great acceptance","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2942.887,2950.568"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/431","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"among the Christians and Muslims. I'm a Christian anyway, so it won't be like I'm attacking","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2950.807,2958.567"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/432","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"religion, but that's just the reality. So when you read the poem, it's kind of bringing","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2958.567,2964.968"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/433","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"back that memory and that kind of particular idea of home and what people are doing actually","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2964.968,2972.968"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/434","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"back home is when you have to resist the dominance and hegemony of this religion, secular religion,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2973.127,2980.808"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/435","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Islam and Christianity. Thank you. So it resonated with you. Well, of course, the thing too is","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2980.808,2987.768"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/436","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that the Orishas have been reborn in the new world in different ways, Candomblé or, you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2987.768,2994.488"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/437","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"know, Haitian voodoo or, you know, they manifest themselves in different ways, but they are","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=2994.488,3002.248"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/438","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"very much alive in the Americas. So I think that's part of the difference too, but thank you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3002.248,3009.048"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/439","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"for that. I hope that my pronunciation was okay. I worry about a gungun and those terms, you know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3009.048,3015.447"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/440","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"so you can correct me, please. Well, I have so many people to thank, the CLC staff for helping","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3015.447,3025.687"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/441","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"us set this up and the press for lending us this beautiful space, Canada Council, Michael Buckner","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3025.687,3033.687"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/442","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"for supporting this event. And last but certainly not least, Olive Senior for coming all this way","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3033.687,3041.687"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/443","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to read to us and please do join us if you can tomorrow here at 3pm to 4pm for the interview","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3041.687,3049.127"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/444","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and conversation. It's bound to be very fascinating. So we hope to see you again,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3049.208,3055.048"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/445","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"but thank you so much for joining us and let's thank Olive Senior again for a beautiful day.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895#t=3055.048,3071.607"}]},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["English [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/115975/file/219895/transcript/78927/annotation/446","type":"Annotation","motivation":"subtitling","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/078/927/original/whisper_transcript_2025-04-25_17_08_56_-0500.vtt?1745618936","format":"text/vtt","language":"en"},"target":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/078/927/original/whisper_transcript_2025-04-25_17_08_56_-0500.vtt?1745618936"}]}]}]}