New video on John Phillips’ “This”
We have now added a new video to the ModPoPLUS week 2 syllabus—a discussion of John Phillips’ poem titled “This”: https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/resources/U7LHc And HERE is a link to the poem.
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And now we begin week 2 of ModPo 2018 (with a note on PennSound)
Happy Sunday to you (and happy early-hours Monday to ModPo friends way way east of us)! Now we begin to read our week 2 poems, discuss them, listen to recordings of these poems as...
ModPo hacks
These ModPo hacks were enumerated and supplemented by ModPo’s fabulous Community TAs—but the main author and compiler is T. de los Reyes. So there are lifehacks, and then there are ModPo hacks—how-to’s on productivity...
Updates & notes for the end of week 1
Here are a few notes from me on this Friday of week 1 of ModPo ’18: WEEK ONE CONTINUES. Yes, let’s keep reading Dickinson and Whitman today and tomorrow, and let’s keep talking about...
Webcast week 1 (9/12/18): join us at 3 PM Philly time
It’s webcast day here at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. You really should try to make plans to watch (and participate in) today’s first weekly ModPo webcast of 2018. We start at exactly 3 PM Philadelphia time (some...
ModPo today (9/11/18)—what’s on Al’s mind
Oh, as we discuss Dickinson’s intense creative power and Whitman’s craving for a word so basic that it’s just sound (“lull” [canto 47])—these complex precursors to modern writing in the U.S.—I am thinking of...
ModPo’s “Resources” submenu
One of the most important elements of the ModPo site is our “Resources” tab, which is viewable in the left-side menu of almost every ModPo page. On the menu, click “Course Home” to find...
Print this ModPo flyer & post around your town
We have had several requests for a simple ModPo poster that can be downloaded or copied, and then printed—and then posted around your town to alert neighbors that ModPo is available. Here is a...
Announcement: 9/9/18 on starting week 1
I have really enjoyed reading and responding to your introductions. Keep those coming HERE! Meantime, week 1 now begins for real. Between now and next weekend, we hope everyone will read the poems in...
ModPo travels to Montreal in early October 2018
Each October the ModPo team travels to a city beyond—sometimes well beyond—our home at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. This year we will be coming to Montreal. We will be hosting TWO ModPo events: 1)...