Recently Kent Ekberg, a long-time devoted ModPo’er and someone whose grit we admire a lot, mentioned that he was looking for some new interesting things to read and watch. We suggested a “best of”...
Save the date! On Thursday, June 11, at 11 AM (eastern U.S. time) ModPo and MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art in New York City) will be kicking off a collaboration with a live...
From ModPoPLUS part 2: PART FOUR: CHARLES BERNSTEIN 4.1 read Charles Bernstein’s “In Particular”: LINK TO TEXT (2ND LINK TO TEXT) 4.2 listen to Bernstein perform “In Particular”: LINK TO AUDIO 4.3 watch discussion...
During the May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we discussed how we re-read Charles Bernstein’s “In a Restless World Like This Is” in a time of pandemic. This “9/11 poem” turns out to be...
During our May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we talked about re-reading John Ashbery’s “Hard Times” a time of pandemic. Here is that segment of the webcast:
During our May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we talked about re-reading Bernadette Mayer’s “The Incorporation of Sophia’s Cereal” in a time of pandemic. Here is that segment of the webcast:
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Hi, everyone. Here is the list of poems the TAs have chosen to re-read through the perspective of the pandemic: https://media.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/ModPo-misc/ModPo-webcast-pandemic-poem-list-May2020.pdf This PDF includes links to the poems. Have a look!
Edgar Morquecho has composed a poem called “ModPo” which, he tells us, consists of words and phrases uttered during a fall 2019 ModPo webcast. Here is a LINK to the poem.
We are hosting a special “SloPo” season live interactive webcast this week—on Wednesday, May 13, starting at NOON Philadelphia time. To check out your time difference, click HERE. To watch the live webcast, just...