Serious play People who like to categorize things often refer to Ron Padgett as a second-generation New York School poet. What that really means is that he’s one of a group of friends who have worked and played in the city for the last fifty years or more. Although the writers shoehorned into the group…
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Upcoming BathHouse Reading with Ander Monson and Ron Padgett
THE EMU Creative Writing Department is Pleased to Welcome Ander Monson and Ron Padgett (Co-sponsored by Campus Life) Friday, Nov. 9 Event 1: 3:30pm – Talk with Ron Padgett “When Poet Meets Painter: The Pleasures of Collaboration” Event 2: 5pm – Reading with Ander Monson and Ron Padgett Halle Library Auditorium, Eastern Michigan University Campus…
Review of Stephen Elliot’s “Fiction and Politics” BathHouse Reading
Submitted by Sarah Smarch: As I sit in the Halle Library Auditorium waiting for Stephen Elliott to approach the podium to read, the girl behind me loudly “Can’t believe!” how quickly her hair has faded from blonde after dying it only two weeks ago. Following the exclamatory shock is an exchange between the girl and…