Site/Nonsite Detroit: Poetry @ASAP http://www.english.wayne.edu/fac_pages/ewatten/pdfs/ASAP%20reading.pdf Brian Ang (Oakland, CA; editor of Armed Cell); Sara Larsen; (Oakland, CA; organizer of The Public School); David Lau (Santa Cruz, CA; editor of Lana Turner); Rob Halpern (Ypsilanti, MI; author of Music for Porn); Jonathan Stalling (Norman, OK; author of Yingelishi); UIjana Wolf (Berlin/Brooklyn; author of falsche freunde). Hosted…
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Rob Halpern reviewed
Creative Writing Professor Rob Halpern had his recent book, Music for Porn, reviewed in the Boston Globe. Check the review out here.
Rob Halpern’s Introduction from Taylor Brady’s BathHouse Reading
If you couldn’t make it to Taylor Brady’s BathHouse reading last week, get a taste of what you missed by reading EMU Creative Writing faculty Rob Halpern’s introduction below: Introduction to Taylor Brady’s Reading BathHouse Reading Series 11/10/11 Rob Halpern In the interest of full disclosure, I should say, before saying anything about him, that…
Rob Halpern and Peter Markus at MOCAD this Friday, 10/21, 7 p.m.
Don’t miss Rob Halpern and Peter Markus, reading at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) this Friday, Oct. 21, at 7:00 p.m. This is a free reading. Both Halpern and Markus will be presenting works that touch on and expand on themes and ideas addressed in MOCAD’s two current exhibitions, barely there (part two)…
Wayne Westcott reviews Julie Patton and Creative Writing Faculty BathHouse readings
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…
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…
Jessica Buterbaugh reviews CRTW faculty BathHouse and Jeff Kass readings
EMU student Jessica Buterbaugh reviews a Jeff Kass reading and the faculty BathHouse reading from this past semester: CREATIVE WRITING FACULTY The first BathHouse Reading of the semester on the 29th of Sept. in Sponberg Theater was the faculty reading with Christine Hume, Carla Harryman, and Rob Halpern. Each faculty member had a distinct style…
Kylie Hoey reviews Creative Writing faculty BathHouse reading
EMU student Kylie Hoey reviews the EMU Creative Writing faculty’s BathHouse reading that took place earlier this semester: At the first Bathhouse Reading, faculty from the creative writing program at Eastern read some of their works for us. Christine Hume was the first of the three readers. She read primarily from her published work Shot. …
Brandon Gorley reviews Christian Bök and CRTW faculty BathHouse readings
EMU student Brandon Gorley offers a pair of reviews, the first on Christian Bök’s recent BathHouse reading: Every writer needs to experiment every once in a while, but I think Christian Bok must be an over-achiever – I don’t think he’s ever stopped experimenting. Having read Eunoia and a few of his other works before the…
Gerard Breitenbeck reviews CRTW Faculty BathHouse Reading
Another BathHouse review, this time from Creative Writing grad student Gerard Breitenbeck: Reading from “Shot,” “The Liberation of Soggy Muff” and “I Exhume myself Depending on my Last Name,” Christine Hume’s multimedia performance conjures the musicality of poetry as it examines what it means to be present in a poetry reading as well as what…