All the ModPo syllabus readings in one document!
Jane Ward, a long-time ModPo citizen, has put together a document, now available online, that provides access to all the readings in the main syllabus. HERE is a link to this helpful document. We...
Author: Al Filreis
ModPo participant has “A Vocabulary for Peter Innisfree Moore” on his wall
John Sanchez has been involved with ModPo since 2020 at least. He was a star learner during our pandemic seasons. He did the course with his dad. Recently John wrote this to me: “My...
ModPo 2025 weekly schedule & live webcasts
Opening day Saturday, August 30 Week 1 Sunday, August 31 – Saturday, September 6 Webcast: Wednesday, September 3 — 3 PM Week 2 Sunday, September 7 – Saturday, September 13 Webcast: Wednesday, September 10...
ModPo 2025: TA Ali Castleman will join us again!
We are delighted to announce that Ali Castleman, as of yesterday, is the first of the ModPo TAs to confirm that she will rejoin the ModPo team for ModPo 2025, which opens on August...
SloPo mini-courses for winter/spring 2025
To participate in SloPo mini-courses for winter/spring 2025, please sign up using this form: LINK TO FORM . Here is the schedule: Session 1: Jan 20-30 Irene Torra Mohedano on Paloma Chen Session 2:...
Patti Smith improvises a poem-legend, 1975
Patti Smith performed an improvised poem live at Gerde’s Folk City, in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue, October 23, 1975. Patti wrote about the performance on her substack, May 13, 2021: “I was living...
Introduction to week 5 in 2024 (9/29/24)
Here is a copy of the announcement Al has just sent around to all ModPo people. If you are reading this and wonder why you didn’t receive it by email, please write to modpo@writing.upenn.edu...
Teachers: you can use the ModPo method of collaborative close reading in your classrooms!
Are you a teacher searching for a way of enable full participation of your students in the sometimes daunting work of reading and discussing a poem? It might seem obvious, especially in a post...