Erica Hunt gives the inaugural poem at Penn
Erica Hunt—a poet who is a dear friend of KWH, once the teacher of a full-semester course at the House, and a recent KWH Fellow, and whose poems are in the ModPo curriculum—gave the...
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ModPo at the Poetry Foundation, October 15, 2022
During the ModPo team’s visit to Chicago in October 2022 we spent Saturday at the Poetry Foundation. At 11 AM we recorded an episode of PoemTalk before a live audience. We discussed seven short...
ModPo webcast at the Morgan Library in NY – 10/26/2022
We at the Kelly Writers House are thrilled to invite you to join us for a special edition of our weekly “ModPo” live interactive webcasts. For this event the Writers House/ModPo team will be...
New ModPo essay: “Collaborative Close Reading and Global Conversation…”
HERE is a link to a new essay co-written by Anna Strong Safford, Davy Knittle, and me, published in a book of essays, Teaching Literature in the Online Classroom, eds. John Miller and Julie...
ModPo & Kelly Writers House come to Chicago — 4 events — you are invited!
I’m writing with details about our upcoming visit to Chicago. If you are in Chicago, or in the Chicago region, or planning to be visit Chicago during that time, or might like to plan...
Message sent to all ModPo people on Sunday at the start of week 1 of ModPo ’22
Many of you are beginning to discuss our week 1 poems HERE. I’m enjoying the various approaches and topical emphases. If you want to contribute to our discussion forums, ponder two sorts of posts: 1)...
ModPo goes to the Hudson Valley
In early April 2022, the ModPo team took to to the road and filmed three different discussions for later addition to the ModPo syllabus. First, at Rhinecliff, NY, overlooking the Hudson River, we talked...
erica kaufman returns for ModPo ’22
My dear friend erica kaufman is a teacher’s teacher, a poet’s poet, and a generous soul! These are just a few reasons why I am over the moon about this news: erica will once...
Caroline Bergvall at the Writers House – March 28/29, 2022
Poet, performance artist, sound artist Caroline Bergvall is traveling from London to be with us on March 28 and 29th. Please plan to join us! Caroline is our second Kelly Writers House Fellow of...
SloPo ModPo webcast – March 22, 2022
We will be hosting a special off-season (“SloPo” season) live interactive webcast. Laynie, Gabi, Kate, Camara, Knar, Amber Rose, Lily, Ali and Davy—and perhaps others too—will join me and YOU too for an informal, improvised conversation...