For more information about the day’s events, click HERE to see the Kelly Writers House web calendar entries. To watch a recording of the 11 AM 10th-year webcast, click HERE. To watch a recording of the 6 PM book launch event for The Difference Is Spreading, click HERE.
And here are some photos:
Matt Lutwen, who traveled from Pittsburgh to join us.Anthony Kolosny, ModPo lifer, joined us once again from Washington DC.Mónica de la Torre, one of six poets invited to our events as special guests.From left: Marty, Robin, Anthony. They all traveled a long way to be with us.From left: Anthony, Ray, John (the DC team)Lila gets to meet poet Elizabeth Willis!Anna Strong Safford reunited with Ron Silliman.Two of the ModPo originals: Ali Castleman & Anna Strong Safford.Tracie Morris and Liz Willis.the webcast panelCenter: Erica Baum!Matt (Chicago), Greg (DC)Erica and AnnaHerman Beavers responds to a question about Baraka and Brooks. That’s Amber Rose Johnson next to Herman.Al and Anna with University of Pennsylvania Press editor Jerry Singerman, who was the editor of The Difference Is Spreading.Al with Susanne Margono (traveled from Saratoga Springs NY)Chris Martin tells us who is calling on the phone during the webcast.Julia Bloch, a ModPo founder, presents on William Carlos Williams.Ron Silliman talks about Stein.Postcard made by T. de los Reyes during the first year of ModPo.At right: Irene Torra Mohedano (from Madrid)
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.
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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:
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: