Joan Schuman

by Brian Price, winter 2026 … she lounges, she’s languid, she’s unreachable: the ideal woman … Sound is conversation. And conversation is theater and satire and dialogue. Talking. That’s how I came to this group—mostly talking. I’ve often added musical scores and effects to my words, but the Electroacoustical Poetical Society encourages the fracturing of story, the splintering of the literal, the messiness of hearing more than one sound, more than one idea at the same time.

by Gregory Whitehead, winter 2026 … the tumor broke open; now the end is at hand … if at the start, there were still enough forces … in the midst of deepest night … What reverberates for me within EAPS: we are not only a community of acoustic & poetic creativity—we are also a community of listening! As a lifelong singer, I have been a part of many different kinds of vocal ensembles.

by Tony Brewer, winter, 2026 Back where the river flowed … back where the river flowed … back where the river flowed … Usually with EAPS the writing comes slowly, brand new with the theme word as a guiding inspiration. This time I had a poem (actually a pantoum) and a specific performance of it in mind from the jump, based on an improv with some musician friends, so I let the sound design and mix be languido, grinding to a halt midway it gets so glacial.