Christian Bök

I guess I'm be the first to say it, but I was totally blown away by Christian Bök's performance on Thursday night. He's obviously talented and a unique artist. He's ability to perform a whole poetic sonata in 10 minutes is crazy! I was amazed at how fast he read through his poetry. At the reading, when he was performing the piece from the Canadian play (that took place on a lake) I sorta lost it. There was something unbelievably funny about that piece, I was in tears because I was laughing so hard. I don't know if it was the screaming or the "scene" I was picturing in my mind, but I found it to be hilarious. I brought my friend Alanna with me, she had absolutely no idea what to expect (which was awesome) and she shot me a look in the middle of the performance that said something like, "what the heck did you bring me to?" I glad others were laughing too, if it had just been me I would have felt pretty awkward. I'm interested to hear how everyone else felt about him. I got one impression of him when he was at workshop, and another when he was performing, and assisting us in performing. All around, I was really happy with his visit, he was a great addition to the visiting writers series here at SLU!