Notes toward a pedagogy of ModPo
Published in the June 2023 issue of the Marsh Hawk Press Review: Al’s notes toward a pedagogy of ModPo. It begins: “Whenever I write these days about poetry I express an intense interest in...
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ModPo update: Laynie Browne!
Al Filreis writes: As part of our series of announcements as we prepare for ModPo 2023 (the “symposium mode” that runs from 10 weeks starting September 2), I have a great honor and pleasure...
A visit to Cid Corman’s coffee shop in Kyoto
Thanks to long-time ModPo’er Alonna Shaw—and her partner Stephen—we are able to share photos of “C.C.’s,” Cid Corman’s coffee shop in Kyoto, Japan. See below. Stephen met the current owner, who has preserved many...
New to ModPo: abridged discussion of Dickinson’s “Alone and in a Circumstance”
Text (including manuscript), audio (by Lee Ann Brown) & two filmed discussions about Dickinson’s “Alone and in a Circumstance.” https://modpo.org/explore/?poem=1135
JS Wu joins ModPo as our newest TA
I am thrilled to announce that JS Wu will be joining the ModPo team, as a TA, in the fall of 2023! JS is a scholar, artist, and first-time ModPo TA living in Philadelphia. She’s currently...
The passing of Andrea Buonincontro
I’m sorry to be passing along the very sad news of the death of our dear ModPo CTA friend Andrea Buonincontro on April 23. She was just 47 years old and the ModPo family...
Jason Zuzga rejoins ModPo as a TA for ModPo ’23!
I have the honor of announcing the reappointment of our extraordinary colleague and friend Jason Zuzga as a TA for ModPo ’23, the ten-week symposium mode of which begins on Saturday, September 2. I...
ModPo live webcast, May 10 at 10 AM ET
Mark your calendars! On May 10, starting at 10 AM Philadelphia time, we will convene for a live, interactive ModPo webcast. You will be able to watch and participate by tuning in to our...
Kate Colby returns to ModPo as a TA in ’23!
Al Filreis writes: I’m beyond excited to announce this: Kate Colby returns to ModPo 2023—a marvelous talented poet and a wonderfully responsive collaborative reader of poems, a good friend of the Writers House people....
The Baroness in Toronto 2023
An avid ModPo community member went to the nearby city of Toronto and, as he passed by a storefront there, saw the Baroness. And posed likewise. And sent this photo to us along with...