It’s the first BathHouse review of Winter ’11. This one is courtesy David Boeving: Eric Loberer began the initial reading for the 2011 EMU Creative Writing department’s BathHouse reading series by providing an extensive portrayal and interpretation of the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge (better known as the John Ashbery bridge) as it relates to the…
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David Boeving reviews EMU Creative Writing Department’s Capstone reading
EMU student David Boeving reviews the EMU Creative Writing Department’s Capstone reading that took place earlier this month: Capstone. Capstone? What is a capstone? According to the Microsoft Works Word Processor’s Dictionary, a capstone is a “top stone: a stone used at the top of a wall or another structure,” and, a “high point: something…
David Boeving reviews Julie Patton
EMU student David Boeving reviews Julie Patton’s BathHouse reading that took place this past Tuesday: Julie Ezelle Patton’s reading on the ninth of November at the Sponberg Theatre at Eastern Michigan University was wild and eclectic, electric and enticing (to say the least). Her performance, spanning near the entirety of an hour, consisted of a…
David Boeving reviews Christian Bök
Another review of Christian Bök’s recent BathHouse reading, this time by EMU student David Boeving: Christian Bök opened his performative reading at the Eastern Michigan University’s Sponberg Theatre on the 19th of October by warming his vocal chords on stage via two covers of Dada poems that would leave most normal human beings stumbling over…
David Boeving reviews CRTW Faculty BathHouse Reading
David Boeving reviews the Creative Writing Faculty’s recent reading that was part of the BathHouse reading series: Christine Hume opened the staff BathHouse reading at The Sponberg Theater on September 29th with a mix of audio samples and live performance poetry that steadily spiraled into a type of hypnotizing poetic oblivion. The backing audio, which…
David Boeving reviews Jeff Kass
David Boeving reviews Jeff Kass’s recent reading at EMU: When Jeff Kass performed a small section of his intriguing poetry program, “Wrestle the Great Fear: A Performance Poetica,” he succeeded in many ways, yet fell short in others. The performance, taking place on the 15th of September at the EMU Student Center Auditorium, was an interesting…