The Yedda Morrison reviews keep on coming! This one is from student Paul Bone: Yedda Morrison might just become the default person that comes to my mind from now on whenever somebody uses the word “artist”. I say this because of her impressive skills in multiple artistic fields. She is a writer, a visual artist,…
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Brad Wozniak reviews Yedda Morrison
Student Brad Wozniak reacts to Yedda Morrison’s recent BathHouse reading: The anti-object On December 1, 2009, in the auditorium of Eastern Michigan’s Student Center, Yedda Morrison spoke acutely of the relationship between the real and the artificial. From her perspective, Yedda Morrison assembles the culture of our world as one that is attuned less and…
Kasandra David reviews Yedda Morrison
Kasandra David reacts to Yedda Morrison’s recent BathHouse reading: Being unfamiliar with Yedda Morrison’s work gave me a unique platform from which to experience her performance. There is something to be said for having negative space in one’s mind; I completely without preconceived impressions of her art. If I arrived at the Bathhouse performance empty,…
Dustin Wingett reviews Yedda Morrison
EMU student Dustin Wingett reacts to Yedda Morrison’s recent BathHouse reading: Before Yedda Morrison even took the stage and began speaking at the Student Center Auditorium, I was struck by her name. I’ve never heard that name, Yedda, before and I liked the poetic way it sounded. Her name was really the only thing I…
Stacy Lorne reviews Yedda Morrison
Student Stacy Lorne reacts to Yedda Morrison’s recent BathHouse reading: On Tuesday, 01 December 2009 I attended the Yedda Morrison reading/lecture at the student auditorium in the Student Center at Eastern Michigan University. Aside from an excerpt from Girl Scout Nation, I was unfamiliar with Morrison’s work. I did not anticipate what I would see…
Jeff Keene reviews Bhanu Kapil
Another reaction from Jeff Keene, this time regarding Bhanu Kapil’s BathHouse reading: Bhanu Kapil says “creativity is her antidote for anxiety, possibly steaming from depression.” As she spoke very relaxed and calmly about her work Humanimal, I was entranced in her presence and fascinated with her insightful stories. Her words, voice pulled me into her…
Jeff Keene reviews Yedda Morrison
The first reaction to Yedda Morrison’s BathHouse reading that took place today comes from Jeff Keene: A lone candle sat alone on the stage across from Yedda Morrison. Piercing the darkness, her words, the candle spoke to me in her soft relaxed, almost soothing, tone. “I am burning like fire, I am burning right now”,…
BathHouse Reading: Yedda Morrison – Dec. 1, 12:30pm
The final BathHouse event for Fall ’09 will feature writer and visual artist Yedda Morrison. This event takes place Tuesday, December 1, 12:30 pm, 310A in the EMU Student Center. This event is co-produced by the Creative Writing Program and the Art Department. For more information, contact gallery program interim director Jennifer Locke at 487-0465,…
Casidhe McNulty reviews Rodrigo Toscano
EMU student Casidhe McNulty reacts to Rodrigo Toscano’s recent BathHouse reading: The November 9th reading of Rodrigo Toscano’s Collapsible Poetics at The Dreamland Theater was made successful by the performers, which included Toscano and five guest performers. They all remained well composed for the vast majority of the performance, in spite of the standing-room-only audience,…
Dan Hall reviews Rodrigo Toscano
Student Dan Hall reacts to Rodrigo Toscano’s recent BathHouse reading: First off, the venue was terrible. What was supposed to be an intimate setting at the Dreamland Theater was, in reality, about a hundred people (who really didn’t want to be there) crammed into a space the size of my living room. Now I suppose…