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…
Category: BathHouse
Vanessa Janowski reviews Christian Bök
EMU Creative Writing student Vanessa Janowski reviews the recent BathHouse reading featuring Christian Bök: Christian Bök came to Eastern Michigan University on October 19th 2010 at 6:30 pm in the Sponberg Theater. The presentation was an hour long and was very interesting to listen to. Bök did some readings from his book titled Eunoia. Eunoia…
Thom Boersma reviews Christian Bök
EMU Creative Writing student Thom Boersma reviews the recent BathHouse reading featuring Christian Bök: A man enters an auditorium dressed as if the aim is to assassinate the medium of English language. His suit belies the mark of an international spy: dapper with a sense of flair. He takes his stance at the podium. The…
Shaun Williams reviews Christian Bök
EMU Creative Writing student Shaun Williams reviews the recent BathHouse reading featuring Christian Bök: The Bathouse reading at Sponberg Theatre Tuesday night was exciting for all, especially me, as an audience member. Christian Bok’s reading was engaging and composed of a wonderful blend of charismatic energy and expert precision, which is what he is so…
Reminder: BathHouse Reading – Oct 19, 6:30 pm; plus Q&A session with Christian Bök
Don’t miss the next installment of this semester’s BathHouse reading series with author Christian Bök, taking place Tuesday, October 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sponberg Theater (Quirk Building). Find out more about Bök and his work by clicking here. Bonus for Graduate Students: After the reading, join Bök for a special Q&A session at 208 Marshall, 7:30-8:30…
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…
Kathlyn Snow reviews CRTW Faculty BathHouse Reading
Another student review of the recent BathHouse reading that featured Creative Writing Department faculty, this time from Kathlyn Snow: The BathHouse reading program opened for the fall of 2010 in the Sponberg Theatre on The Eastern Michigan Campus to a full audience. Staff from the Creative Writing Program presented some of their work. The acoustics…
Ashleigh Smith reviews CRTW Faculty BathHouse Reading
EMU student Ashleigh Smith reviews the recent BathHouse reading that featured Creative Writing Faculty: In my opinion faculty readings are kind of like running into your teacher at a bar; you never really know what to expect or how the night will turn out. After a bit of a late start Christine Hume performed some…
Stephanie Walla reviews CRTW Faculty BathHouse Reading
EMU student Stephanie Walla reviews the recent BathHouse reading featuring the Creative Writing Faculty: The Bathhouse Reading at Sponberg Theater on September 29th featured three of Eastern Michigan’s Creative Writing faculty- Christine Hume, Carla Harryman, and Rob Halpurn. Christine Hume opened reading pieces from her book, Shot, which was accompanied by soundtracks made especially per piece….
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…