2-hour discussion of Gertrude Stein with erica kaufman
The next two-hour discussion session in our series will be led by poet-teacher and legendary ModPo TA erica kaufman. This will happen on Friday, April 3rd, from 1 PM to 3 PM Eastern Standard Time.
The poem we will discuss with erica is Gertrude Stein’s “Let Us Describe.”
The conversation will take place in a discussion forum thread HERE.
The text of the poem is HERE.
The ModPo video in which we talk about this poem can be viewed HERE.
We hope you’ll join this discussion. If you have any questions about this activity or any other aspect of ModPo, write to us at modpo@writing.upenn.edu.
Jake Marmer’s mini-course on modern poetry and the spiritual experience can be found HERE.
Jason Zuzga’s mini-course finishes up on Saturday, but there’s still plenty of conversation going on HERE.
Finally: today we released a new episode of the YouTube series “ModPoMinute.” In this new episode Amber Rose Johnson and I talk about Emily Dickinson’s “Volcanoes be in Sicily.” Watch this short video HERE.
