This event, which is being hosted by Anna Strong Safford, will be live streamed (as all our programs are) here: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/tv/ *** We’re excited to invite you to the Writers House on Tuesday, February...
I love my affiliation with ModPo and this is the time of year when I take time to reflect on what’s good and sweet in my life. ModPo is good and sweet, for sure!...
Here is a video clip from our week 9 (November 7, 2018) live webcast—in which guest poet/teacher Joshua Schuster (one of the founders of the Writers House in 1995-96) discusses the classroom and the...
Yesterday Al was hanging around at a Kelly Writers House open house (for Penn’s homecoming day). A ModPo’er who is not affiliated with Penn other than through ModPo, who happened to be in Philly...
Are you in or near New York City? Or will you be in New York on November 13th? Why do I ask? Fall is in the air, and that means Kelly Writers House people...
Wai Chee Dimock, professor of literature at Yale University and editor of PMLA, has published an essay on Kelly Writers House, PennSound and ModPo. HERE is a PDF copy of that essay.
Yes, you can buy one of the ModPo mugs from which you see Al and the TAs sipping coffee in the ModPo videos. Click HERE and see what’s available (mugs and more). The tiny...
A complete renovation of the “Arts Cafe” at the Kelly Writers House is underway, but (perhaps predictably!) we’re decided to keep our famously creaky old chairs. Since the room will be larger than before,...
Here are some handy ModPo and ModPo-related links. Please let us know if we should add more. Send your suggestions to modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Important links: ModPo enrollment page on Coursera: LINK Enter the ModPo site...
Al Filreis is the founder and creator of ModPo (during the spring and summer of 2012) and has been leading ModPo ever since, one of the first humanities MOOCs. More about Al here. Laynie...