Kelly McKinne gives her reaction to the recent Rodrigo Toscano BathHouse reading: I read a few of the performances from Rodrigo Toscano’s book Collapsible Peotics Theatre before I attended the show Monday night in Ypsilanti. Although I already had a preconceived image of how the acts would be performed, my earlier reading was not nearly…
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Kasandra David reviews Bhanu Kapil
The student reactions to recent BathHouse events keep on coming! This review is from Kasandra David: While waiting for Kapil’s reading of Humanimal to start, I wasn’t sure what to expect. As someone with a background in philosophy, I found the text rather frustrating because it pointedly avoided ‘primal questions’. Fundamental questions are my lifeblood. …
Renee Casey reviews Bhanu Kapil
Student Renee Casey reacts to Bhanu Kapil’s BathHouse reading: When first reading Kapil’s poetic document Humanimal, the reader is thrown into the historic events of Amala and Kamala, two feral children found in India, as well as Kapil’s search into the minds of the two girls and the affects of “humanizing” them. No doubt Kapil’s…
Dustin Wingett reviews Rodrigo Toscano
Another reaction from Dustin Wingett, this time in response to Rodrigo Toscano’s BathHouse reading at the Dreamland Theater: After reading through Collapsible Poetics Theater, I knew I was in for something…different when I went to see Rodrigo Toscano perform/speak at the Dreamland Theater. I also knew beforehand that he had picked a few EMU students…
Dustin Wingett reviews Bhanu Kapil
Student Dustin Wingett reacts to Bhanu Kapil’s recent BathHouse reading: Before Bhanu Kapil read for us in the Sponberg Theater, she held a quick question and answer session in the Carillon room of the library. What struck me was how open she was in talking about her personal life. One of the first questions was,…
Noelle Havens reacts to Rodrigo Toscano
Student Noelle Havens offers a brief reaction to Rodrigo Toscano’s recent BathHouse reading: Experiencing Rodrigo Toscano’s performances created a new sense of poetics, drawing out multi-vocal sounds within the arena of interaction. It was nice to feel a writer’s work and to respond to it in a cognitive way, making me grapple with my own…
Leto Rankine reviews Bhanu Kapil
Student Leto Rankine reacts to Bhanu Kapil’s recent BathHouse reading: A Way to Talk and to Write Bhanu Kapil has a very nice voice. It is the kind of British accent that doesn’t make her sound smarter (not that she didn’t seem smarter) but instead lent a rhythm to the reading of Humanimal and…
Stacy Lorne reviews Bhanu Kapil
Student Stacy Lorne reacts to Bhanu Kapil’s recent BathHouse reading: On Tuesday, November 3rd I attended a reading of Humanimal-A Project for Future Children by Bhanu Kapil. One of the most fascinating things I took from this reading/discussion was how Kapil looks at writing and literature. Kapil said that writing finds her. She even wrote…
Timothy Mies reviews Bhanu Kapil
Student Timothy Mies reacts to Bhanu Kapil’s recent BathHouse reading: I arrived early to Bhanu Kapil’s reading in Sponberg Theater at Eastern Michigan University. After an unexpectedly hectic day (one filled with obstacle after obstacle, springing out like moving targets at a police practice range – throwing me for loops and forcing me to shoot…
Alyssa Eckles reviews Bhanu Kapil
Another student reaction to Bhanu Kapil’s recent BathHouse reading, this time from Alyssa Eckles: Bhanu Kapil’s reading of her book, Humanimal, was quite the experience, allowing her readers to hear the voices of Kamala and Amala, as well as of the woman searching for humanity within India. The parts of Humanimal Kapil read from in…