Japanese imagism in ModPo
Here are some links you will find in ModPoPLUS for week 3 pertaining to Japanese poets’ response to the rise of modernism in the U.S. (and to imagism in particular): PART TEN: MICHIYO NAKAMOTO...
Author: Al Filreis
ModPo webcast: June 6, starting at noon (12 pm) Philadelphia time
We will be hosting an off-season live webcast on Thursday, June 6, start at noon (12 PM) Philadelphia time. To join us, at that time click this link: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/webcasts/ You do not need to...
New video: on “X-RAY” by the Baroness, with Jennifer Scappettone
Jennifer Scappettone (whose poems are associated with week 10 of our course) visited the Kelly Writers House and recorded a discussion of a mysterious poem by Baroness Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven, which we have...
Jake Marmer to host Baraka SloPo mini-course (starting 5/6/19)
“SloPo” is, as you know, the nickname ModPo’ers have given to our “off season”—which describes anything that happens in the always-open ModPo site other than during the 10 weeks each autumn (early September—mid-November) when...
Jason Zuzga back as TA for ModPo 2019
Returning as a ModPo TA for ModPo 2019: the extraordinary Jason Zuzga! It’s no wonder to me that Jason is utterly beloved by so many members of the ModPo community. He feels deeply every...
Emily Harnett returns for ModPo 2019
Emily Harnett! Emily will join us again for ModPo 2019 as a TA for the *eighth* year. Utterly brilliant—able to articulate the most nuanced point improvisationally—Emily is a person I could listen to all...
A ModPo book coming in 2020: 50 poets on 50 poems
Anna Strong Safford & Al Filreis are editing a book, to be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2020, in which we present 50 poets writing 1,000 words each in response to...
erica kaufman is back!
An astonishingly great poet, teacher, critic, scholar, and practitioner of progressive, experimental pedagogy—erica kaufman—will once again join the ModPo team as a TA and coordinator of ModPo’s TRC (Teacher Resource Center) for ModPo 2019....
Max McKenna is back as TA
Al writes: “I caught up with Max McKenna yesterday & I can announce that Max is going to be—once again, for an 8th year!—a ModPo TA for ModPo 2019! Max is a ModPo original....
Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué returns as ModPo TA
Today Al says the following: “I’m downright verklempt because I am typing these words: Gabe Ojeda-Sagué will be returning as a TA for ModPo 2019! Everyone who has worked alongside Gabe loves him: he’s...