File consists of typescripts of poems from the book “Among,” published by Coach House Press in 1972.

File consists of an annotated draft of the short story “My dad and Frenchy D'Amour,” as well as various reviews of works. Reviews are arranged in alphabetical order of the title of the works being reviewed.

File consists of notes and annotated drafts of various poems, arranged alphabetically by title of poem.

File consists of miscellaneous drafts and fragments, including a transcript of an interview with Wah and Steve McCaffery.

Essays written by Wah when he was a university student, including essays written for a creative writing class given by Robert Creeley, which have Creeley's comments.

File consists of musical compositions and class notes from Wah's student days.

File consists of typescripts for the book “Breathin' my name with a sigh,” some annotations, additions, and corrections, as well as a layout mock-up (photocopied) with notes by David Robinson.

File consists of 6 typescripts, some with notes, additions and corrections, and 4 pages of manuscript for the poem “Dead in my tracks,” which was eventually published in the book “So far.”

File consists of typescripts, some with additions and corrections, a small notebook with notes, and printer's proof with corrections.

File consists of typescripts of poems from the book “Lardeau” and a list stating the order of the poems.

File consists of typescripts for the book “Limestone lakes utaniki” with annotations and corrections.

File consists of typescripts for the book “Music at the heart of thinking” with some additions, corrections, and notes.

File consists of two notebooks from Wah’s days as a student at the university of British Columbia, containing course notes.

File consists of correspondence, writing excerpts, notes, and event program relating to the publication of Wah’s writing.

File consists of annotated draft of “Cohen’s Noos,” which was published in a Special issue of “Canadian Poetry,” volume 33, 1993.

File consists of records related to the essay “Place/d,” written for the Alberta-Taiwan Writers’ Exchange panel on Regionalism, Ethnicity, and Literary Tradition, August 21, 1993: 2 drafts of the presentation, and a copy of the Summer 1993 issue of the magazine “Books in the Canada,” which contains the interview referenced in Wah’s presentation, “The Impassioned Exile of Barry Callaghan.”

File consists of records relating to the essay “Half-Bred Poetics.” The essay was presented at the conference of the Association for the Study of New Literatures in English, held in Attendorn, Germany, July 2, 1994, and was later published in the Winter 1997 issue of the periodical “Absinthe.” File consists of various drafts of the essay, and related notes, research materials, and works and others, including notes and a photograph from the Paul Kipp’s artistic sound installation “30 voices of resistance.”

File consists of a notebook with notes about Wah’s teaching and writing, including excepts/drafts of the essay “Poetics of the Potent.”

File consists of records relating to the essay “Poetics of the Potent”: various drafts of the work, the essay as it appeared published in the literary journal “Open Letter,” a note from Jason [Christie?], and a copy of the essay on Gertrude Stein “Three Lives: The Realism of the Composition” by Jayne L. Walker.

File consists of page layout mock-ups and translated English and Chinese text for “Poems and Prose Poems by Fred Wah,” translated by Shaobo Xie.

File consists of the work “China Journal,” writing based on Wah’s 1996 trip to China as part of a small group of Canadian artists on a government-funded cultural exchange.

File consists of various drafts of the essay “Loose Change,” published in volume 6 of the periodical “Hole,” and a related transparency for an overhead projector.

File consists of multiple drafts of an essay entitled “Technology as Environment and Technological Interventions on the Body.”

File consists of various writings by Wah, predominantly essays, interviews with Wah, and two issues of the comic book “Tank Girl.”

File consists of 3 drafts of the essay “Speak my Language: Racing the Lyrics Poetics,” which appeared in volume 6 of the periodical “West Coast Line.”

File consists of drafts and notes relating to the work “bp’s Last Notebook,” written for a panel presentation at the event “On the Horizon: bpNichol after Ten,” an event for the periodical “West Coast Line” held at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in September 1998. The work was later published in the book “Faking It: Poetics & Hybridity.”

File consists of materials relating to Wah’s contribution to the book “Intersections: Fiction and Poetry from the Banff Centre for the Arts,” which included selections of Wah’s “Diamond Grill.”

File consists of photographs, project description, research materials and correspondence relating to the work “Lullabye and Sea,” a suite of poems composed by Wah for the exhibition “By Land and Sea (Prospect and Refuge),” a multi-media installation by artist Marian Penner Bancroft..

File consists of a letter from Wah and accompanying poems for the publication “Matrix.” Poems were written during a 1999 trip to Thailand and are on the theme of travel and the tourist.

Thinking: Dis Series,” presented in an earlier version at the event “Diversity, Writing, and Social Critique: An Interactive Forum,” held at the University of British Columbia, April 25, 1998.