ModPo update for Friday of week 7
Today I’ve been watching all the new #3 essays coming in—posted to the special subforum we’ve set up for them. If you intend to write and post an essay on Eileen Myles’s “The Honey...
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Info for watching/joining our live webcast (10/24/18 at 9 PM)
Tonight at 9 PM (Philadelphia time) we will host our week 7 webcast! Please plan to join us. The video stream will be available HERE. No need to wait until the webcast begins to post...
Three excerpts from Hugh MacDiarmid’s “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle”—new videos with Christie Williamson
We have now added Hugh MacDiarmid’s “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle” to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 3. Or, to be more precise, we discuss three passages from that long poem. Joining...
ModPo update for Tuesday of week 7 (2018)
Here we are, Tuesday of week 7. We’re getting into a sampling of the poems of the New York School. Yesterday a group of us spent some time talking about Bernadette Mayer’s “Invasion of...
New poem & video: Bernadette Mayer’s “Chocolate Poetry Sonnet”
The ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 7 now includes Bernadette Mayer’s “Chocolate Poetry Sonnet.” Below are some links: read Mayer’s “Chocolate Poetry Sonnet”: LINK TO TEXT listen to Mayer perform “Chocolate Poetry Sonnet”: LINK TO...
New poem & video: Kate Colby’s “Middleman”
Today we have added a new poem and video to ModPoPLUS. The poem is Kate Colby’s “Middleman.” Read the poem HERE. Watch the video HERE.
ModPo people invited to see us in NYC on November 13 at SoHo gallery
Are you in or near New York City? Or will you be in New York on November 13th? Why do I ask? Fall is in the air, and that means Kelly Writers House people...
ModPo update as we begin week 7
Today we begin to encounter a selection of poems from poets of the New York School. Yes, it’s week 7 of ModPo 2018! People are already discussing this poems HERE. Please do! It’s easy: click that link...
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...