ModPo thread supports self-isolating
Some ModPo folks worldwide are responding to feelings of isolation—and to the keen desire now for online community—and have formed a thread here in the ModPo discussion forums for just talking.
Author: Al Filreis
SloPo mini-courses and special off-season office hours
We here at ModPo are thinking of all of you as we navigate this challenging time. We sincerely hope that you and your families are healthy and well, or as well as can be,...
Discuss poem by Amy Lowell on 3/20/2020 for CCCR syllabus
See below. Alison Borkowska has organized a online (via Zoom) discussion of a poem by Amy Lowell. If you want to participate, contact Alison at the email address below. The discussion will be recorded...
Max McKenna on Niedecker in ModPo
In the current issue of the Friends of Lorine Niedecker Newsletter (issue #31, Winter 2020), Max McKenna has published a short essay on encountering Niedecker in ModPo. Here is the link to the online...
Molly O’Neill to return as ModPo TA for 2020
It’s the time of year when I announce the reappointments of ModPo TAs for the next “symposium mode” round of ModPo. First up—to join us for a 9th year as fabulously thoughtful & intellectually...
Rosmarie Waldrop on Stein’s “exact resemblance”
We are adding a new video to ModPoPLUS week 4. In it we discuss Rosmarie Waldrop’s poem about Stein’s idea of “exact resemblance,” a concept we will recall from Stein’s portrait of Picasso. The...
ModPoMinute video on Dickinson’s “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain”
The newest episode of ModPoMinute (the 72nd in our series) has now been posted: a very brief discussion of Emily Dickinson’s “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” with Cristanne Miller and Davy Knittle.
SloPo course on multilingual American poetry, led by Jason Zuzga
Migrations into English: Indigenous, Immigrant, and Multilingual American Poetry A SloPo class — February 8 to March 4, 2020 Join in to the extent that you have time for. Everyone is welcome to...
New video: collaborative close reading of “The Snow Man”
The other night the Writers House community once again celebrated wintry doldrums with its annual “Mind of Winter” event, featuring home-made soup (warm!) and bread (warm!) and a fire going in our fireplace (warm!)—and...
Video on Niedecker’s “Foreclosure” filmed at LN’s cabin on Black Hawk Island
Today we are adding a new ModPoPLUS video: Max McKenna traveled to Black Hawk Island in Wisconsin, where Lorine Niedecker lived, and filmed a collaborate close reading of Niedecker’s “Foreclosure” with members of the...