New CCCR video: on Lorine Niedecker’s “Linnaeus in Lapland”
We have added a new CCCR* video—on Lorine Niedecker’s “Linnaeus in Lapland,” featuring Michael, Hannah, Selena and India. HERE is a link to the text of the poem. HERE is a link to the...
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Recording of week 6 webcast (October 17, 2018)
Our week 6 (Beat week) live webcast happened earlier today and here is the recording. We were joined by poets Rae Armantrout and Angela Carr.
ModPo week 6 webcast (October 17, 2018)
Tomorrow at 12 noon (Philadelphia time) we will host our week 6 webcast! Please plan to join us. The video stream will be available HERE. Links and guidelines are below. Please call us to speak...
ModPo update for Monday of week 6
If your intention is to receive a ModPo certificate, please be sure to consult the requirements. They are available at our FAQ page, and I have also copied them below. You can also listen to this...
ModPo update: first day of week 6 (2018)—discussion forums; highlights; compilation reel
Click HERE to see discussion subforums on each of the week 6 poems. Let’s talk! To discuss poems in the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 6, go HERE. A few week 6 highlights are listed & linked below. And HERE is a 2.5-minute...
ModPo update: get ready for the Beats (week 6)
Week 6 starts tomorrow! Some people have posted in the ModPo forums and on Facebook that they don’t quite know what to do about being unable to keep up with the ten weeks of...
ModPo update, Saturday of week 5: essays needing more reviews
These essays have received fewer than four reviews. Please take a moment, click any of the links, and offer your comments on the essay. Thank you! https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/ovESXslzEei6ORJWlrjzSg https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/uClMVsZpEeirJhIApq73rA https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/I99QSMWFEeicog6tn-2JYA https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/lXLlWMkzEei6ORJWlrjzSg https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/bL3RfMp6EeiX0ArZ0JXbSA https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/H28MKsa9Eei1BQr4yq4EXg https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/ucEPmcs2Eei72hLe6wTz8A https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/forums/OUdy-V97EeiU4AqSt1Tblg/threads/KE0vGXlYEeiyiQ7RYTNQlA...
ModPo update: 1) help with essays; 2) week 6 coming; 3) new video clip
We have very nearly reached our goal of providing every ModPo essayist at least four responses to their essay! I have found just a few essays—for instance, THIS one and THIS one and THIS...
Rae Armantrout & Angela Carr visit on October 17, 2018
Next Wednesday—October 17—there will be not one but two events held at the Kelly Writers House here in Philadelphia that we hope will be of interest to all ModPo people. 1) At noon, we...
3-minute video clip on Dada, appropriation, power & WCW
Here is a 3-minute video clip in which we discuss Dada, power, appropriation and Williams’s plums: