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F001-AT-26 · Item · [196-?]
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton speaking at a poetry reading, broadcast on CBC, Toronto, Ontario. Layton reads "The birth of tragedy," "The bull calf," and "Song for Naomi," among others. Poems are also read by Phyllis Webb, Earle Birney, John Newlove, Al Purdy, Leonard Cohen, George Bowering, and Gwendolyn MacEwan.

F001-AT-28 · Item · 1969
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton speaks at a poetry reading in Toronto, Ontario. Layton reads 16 poems, including "The birth of tragedy," "The bull calf," "Cat dying in autumn," and "Family portrait."

F001-AT-29 · Item · 1972
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton at a poetry reading at the Carleton Board of Education – Secondary Schools, Ottawa, Ontario. 29 poems are read, including "Bargain, "The bull calf," "How poems get written," "Misunderstanding," "Orpheus," and "Rhine boat trip."

Poetry Reading
F001-AT-30 · Item · 1970
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton at a poetry reading at Temple Sinai Congregation, Toronto, Ontario. Layton reads 16 poems, including "The bull calf," "For Anne Frank," "For Auld Lang Syne," and "If whales could think on certain happy days."

Poetry Reading
F001-AT-31 · Item · 1975
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton at a poetry reading at Beth Tikva Synagogue, Toronto, Ontario. Layton discusses Judaism and reads 25 poems, including "The black huntsman," "Death of Moishe Lazarovitch," :Gothic landscape," and "Mrs. Fornheim, refugee."

Poetry Reading
F001-AT-32 · Item · 1975
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton at a poetry reading at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto, Ontario. Layton reads 7 poems: "O Jerusalem," "The birth of tragedy," "On being bitten by a dog," "The shark," "Rhine boat trip," "Take it all in," and "For Musia's grandchildren."

Poetry Reading
F001-AT-33 · Item · 1978
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton at a poetry reading at P.E.M.C., Montreal, Quebec. Layton reads 18 poems, including "Ballad of the old Spaniard," "Butterfly on rock," "First snow: Lake Achigan," and "From colony to nation."

Poetry Reading
F001-AT-34 · Item · 1978
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton at a poetry reading, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Layton reads 22 poems, including "After Auschwitz," "Cain," "Family portrait," and "Israelis."

Crossfire
F001-AT-37 · Item · 1968
Part of Irving Layton fonds

R.W. Baxter, Pauline Jewitt, Irving Layton, and Arthur Philips are interviewed by Mavor Moore for CTV, Montreal, Quebec. Baxter, Jewitt, Layton, and Philips discuss education.

F001-AT-63 · Item · 1983
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton interviewed by Timothy Wilson for the League of Canadian Poets, Toronto, Ontario. Layton discusses the role of the poet, and reads 27 poems, including "Berry picking," "The birth of tragedy," "Blackout," and "Cain."

F001-AT-66 · Item · 1977
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton interviewed for CBC TV, Toronto, Ontario. Layton discusses "The Covenant," religion, teaching, writing, and love. He reads 3 poems, "Idiots," "Letter to the Soviet cultural attaché," and "Xianity."

Canada After Dark
F001-AT-67 · Item · 1978
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton interviewed for CBC TV, Montreal, Quebec. Layton discusses "The tightrope dancer," the poets' return to Montreal, Quebec politics, death, and sexuality. Layton reads "Madman on Mithymna Beach."

F001-AT-68 · Item · 1982
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton interviewed by CBC Radio, Montreal, Quebec. Layton discusses "The Gucci gag," his childhood and education, Quebec politics, and the poet. He reads 7 poems, including "Butterfly on rock," "Endangered species," and "The mosquito."

Messages
F001-AT-70 · Item · 1989-1990
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Miscellaneous messages from Irving Layton's message machine. May include messages from Leonard Cohen.

F001-AT-76 · Item · 1988
Part of Irving Layton fonds

A Continental Hug: Canadian Poetry Set to Chilean Music by Cormorant Books, Ontario. Includes music by Amuata and the poems "The Bird,” “The Wall,” “The Notations of Love,” “Snow Angels,” “A Women's Issue,” “On Being Bitten by a Dog,” “The Handkerchiefs of Plaza de Mayo,” and “All.”

E. Cameron
F001-AT-78 · Item · 1985
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Elspeth Cameron interview by Judith Fitzgerald at Dooney's restaurant in Toronto.