Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Wildness Symposium

I chose to go see Rick Bass on Sunday night during the Wildness Symposium. I chose to go to his reading becasuse in class when we read Ninemile Wolves, his piece was one of the most I got engaged in. At the reading, Bass read two stories from his new book. He read, "Eating" and "Titan". I enjoyed his last reading the best, Titan. It was about going to the ocean and viewing a rare occasion called Jubilee. The reading caught my attention the most because he used more of a intriguing way to get my attention somehow. I had never been to a poetry reading or the Wildness Symposium before, but I actually kind of enjoyed it. I chose to go to Rick Bass, because out of all the writers coming to the Wildness Symposium, he stuck out the most when I was reading about him in American Earth. His readings were a lot different than those of others we read. His was a lot more detailed and is more elaborate with his descriptions which makes it easier for me, as a reader, to comprehend what he is saying. Overall, I enjoyed listening to Rick Bass speak and in the future I would probably go see him again.