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ModPo update on Friday of week 1 of ModPo 2020

by Al Filreis · September 11, 2020

It’s Friday of week 1 of ModPo 2020. Still plenty of time to read week 1 poems and watch videos before we turn to week 2. But if you run out of time this week, I urge you to move on to week 2 and come back to week 1 later. (ModPo is always open and you can easily return to any poems you haven’t yet read.)

If you want a look ahead at next week, please watch the (new) intro video for week 2 HERE (5.5 minutes long).

Next week some of you—perhaps many of you!—will be writing and submitting short essays doing close readings of a poem by Dickinson that we haven’t yet discussed.

Below is a list of seven highlights that might be of interest to you. Enjoy!

SELECTED ModPo HIGHLIGHTS:

1. A lively discussion of “Dogs, Cats, Pets, and Other Non-Human Animals of ModPo,” complete with photos: THREAD HERE.

2. Audio guide for how to submit an essay in ModPo: LINK TO AUDIO.

3. Meet the ModPo TAs: LINK TO PHOTOS AND BIOS

4. Video in which we discuss teaching as an excuse for bring people together: LINK TO VIDEO (1:27)

5. ModPo student publishes an article on the experience of reading Dickinson with thousands of others: LINK TO TEXT

6. 3-minute video in which ModPo’ers around the world introduce the course: LINK TO VIDEO

7. ModPo “Breakfast Club” (study group) revived: LINK TO THREAD

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fall 2024 webcast schedule

NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any webcast live.

Week 1 — Wed, Sept 4 – NOON
Week 2 – Wed, Sept 11 – 8 PM (with Iain Morrison)
Week 3 – Wed, Sept 18 – 10 AM
Week 4 – Thurs, Sept 26 – 6:30 PM (live from Montreal)
Week 5 – Wed, Oct 2 – 10 AM
Week 6 – Wed, Oct 9 – NOON (with Bob Holman)
Week 7 – Wed, Oct 16: 3 PM
Week 8 – Wed, Oct 23: 3 PM (with Charles Bernstein)
Week 9 – Wed, Oct 30 – 10 AM
Week 10 – Wed, Nov 6 – NOON (with Rae Armantrout)
FINAL WORDS – Mon, Nov 11 – NOON

[] Click HERE to watch recordings of all the ModPo 2023 webcasts.

watch recordings of our 2023 live webcasts

Click HERE to view all 2023 live webcasts.

meet-ups & study groups

Since our first session back in 2012, ModPo people have arranged meet-ups around the world. And they have formed online study groups. To find a meet-up in your city or region and to find a study group you might like to join, click HERE. You can also post to the ModPo Facebook group HERE.

take ModPo for credit

Yes, you can take ModPo for University of Pennsylvania credit. Three 10-week sessions are offered each year: fall, spring, summer. This version of ModPo is taught by ModPo coordinator Laynie Browne. Click HERE for all the info you need. Contact Laynie with questions at modpo@writing.upenn.edu.

meet the ModPo TAs

ModPo TAs are famously responsive & generous with their time. Meet them HERE. Talk with them directly during office hours (schedule is HERE). Click HERE to watch an 11-minute video featuring the ModPo TAs in action.

to receive announcements:

If you would like to receive ModPo announcements by email, write to us at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. If you would like to receive weekly announcements about Kelly Writers House events (all of which are streamed live), write to wh@writing.upenn.edu.

ModPo Minute

Got 5 minutes? Check out the latest episode of ModPoMinute:

Or click HERE for all episodes.

for teachers

ModPo has created a Teacher Resource Center (“TRC“) for teachers who use ModPo poems & videos in their classrooms. Click HERE to read teaching guides and watch videos in which teachers talk about teaching with ModPo. If you wish to be added to our teachers mailing list, write us at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Click HERE to discuss ModPo poems with other teachers.

CCCR

Our “Community Collaborative Close Readings” page consists of videos created by ModPo people worldwide as they gather together to collaborate on the close reading of a poem from or related to the ModPo syllabus. Click HERE to visit the CCCR page and watch some of the videos—and to read guidelines for creating your own CCCR video.

PoemTalk

PoemTalk is a monthly podcast produced by Al Filreis at the Kelly Writers House in collaboration with the Poetry Foundation. All episodes, including the newest, are archived at Jacket2 magazine HERE. You can also listen and subscribe through Apple Podcasts by clicking HERE or Spotify by clicking HERE. Most PoemTalk episodes are audio-only, but here is the video recording of PoemTalk #127—about a poem by John Ashbery: