Two more reviews to wrap up the semester…EMU student Wayne Westcott reviews a couple BathHouse readings from this past Fall: JULIE PATTON I first met Julie Patton while escorting her to the bathroom. I have a thing about bathrooms. I hate them. They make me feel awkward in my own skin, and if there’s ever…
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Ned Randolph reviews Julie Patton
BathHouse reviews keep coming in! Check out Ned Randolph’s creative review of Julie Patton’s recent reading at EMU: Julie Ezelle Patton is preoccupied with the sonic echo of words in the space of performance. The author of Notes for Some (Nominally) Awake, Alphabet Soup and Slug Art, Patton alighted briefly at Sponberg Theater in November for the BathHouse…
Aaron Diehl reviews and CRTW Faculty and Julie Patton BathHouse readings
EMU student Aaron Diehl offers up two reviews of BathHouse readings from this past semester: CREATIVE WRITING FACULTY On October 29th, I wandered down to Sponberg Theatre to catch the EMU faculty reading. The performers for the evening were Rob Halpern, Christine Hume, and Carla Harryman. Christine Hume opened the night with selections from her…
Shaun Williams reviews Julie Patton BathHouse reading
EMU student Shaun Williams reviews Julie Patton’s recent BathHouse reading: I thought the reading to be an ethereal and engaging experience that started off rather shaky. The reason I say this is because the vast majority of the audience was turned off toward the beginning. I especially did not understand her lack of organization and…
Dan Turvey reviews Julie Patton
A few more reviews are coming in of the various BathHouse readings this semester. Below, Dan Turvey reviews Julie Patton’s reading: I will admit that I was unable to stay for the entirety of Julie’s performance but from the forty-five minutes or so that I was able to attend I was washed in sight and sound. At…
Kylie Hoey reviews Julie Patton
EMU student Kylie Hoey reviews Julie Patton’s recent BathHouse reading: The Bathhouse Reading with Julie Patton was a very unique experience; I don’t think that I will ever experience something like that ever again. Julie Patton concentrates on sound poetry and prefers to improvise during her performance. Patton began standing at the microphone down center…
Mike Moriarty reviews Julie Patton
EMU student Mike Moriarty reviews Julie Patton’s recent BathHouse reading: In her performance on November 9th in EMU’s Sponberg Theater, Julie Patton showcased her unique style and vocal talents while constructing a wild sonic environment that hybridizes music, sound poetry, improv, and possibly some other unnamable genres as well. Her 1st piece (beginning with “Is…
Gerard Breitenbeck reviews Julie Patton
The Julie Patton reviews keep coming. Gerard Breitenbeck reviews her recent BathHouse reading: Rob Halpern introduced poet Julie Patton by citing works such as Room for Opal, Using Blue to get Black, and Notes for some (Nominally) Awake. Having lived all over the United States and Europe, Patton currently resides in Cleveland where she’s involved…
Thom Boersma reviews Julie Patton
Another review of Julie Patton’s BathHouse reading, this time by Thom Boersma: A diminutive figure stands in an auditorium, an ant dressed in human guise, and this ant terraforms the auditorium simply through sonic endeavors. This ant scats and slithers, builds and destroys, creates sonic dissonance and assonance all under the cover of darkness, and subtle…
Reid Raham reviews Julie Patton
EMU student Reid Raham reviews Julie Patton’s recent BathHouse reading: Having no experience with Julie Patton’s works, I went in to her performance at Sponberg Theater on November 9th without any expectations. Nevertheless, her performance was not what I expected. Many performers, poets or otherwise, tend to stay rooted in place in front of a…