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…
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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…
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. …
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…
Chris LeBlanc reviews Julie Patton
Another review from Chris LeBlanc, this time taking a look at Julie Patton’s BathHouse reading: Julie Patton is a writer that is fascinated by the sounds of words. During a performance at Eastern Michigan University’s Sponberg Theatre on November 9, 2010, Patton performed on stage her particular brand of sound poetry. During the performance, Patton…
Chris LeBlanc reviews Christian Bök
EMU student Chris LeBlanc reviews Christian Bök’s BathHouse reading from earlier this semester: Christian Bök, author of Eunoia, as well as numerous other literary and oratory works, performed at the Sponberg Theatre on October 19, 2010. Bök, a language polymath, demonstrated his exploration of language and performance in a number of different ways. Bök read…
Julia Eussen reviews Julie Patton
EMU student Julia Eussen reviews Julie Patton’s recent BathHouse reading: Julie Patton’s recent poetry reading included spontaneous music making and a bit of running (presumably also spontaneous). Unlike previous BathHouse readings this year, she moved and claimed space on the stage. For example, early in her presentation, she crouched down and beat herself on the…
Vanessa Janowski reviews Julie Patton
EMU student Vanessa Janowski reviews Julie Patton’s recent BathHouse reading: On November 9th, 2010, Julie Patton performed for a one-night show at the Sponberg Theater at 6:30pm. I was unexpected as to what I would be seeing, since I have only read one piece of Patton’s writing. She is a sound poet, vocalist, and musicologist. …