New poem & video: Joanne Kyger’s “September”
During a recent visit to San Francisco, the ModPo team gathered together with 30 or so ModPo’ers from the region (some folks traveled a long way, in fact!). We filmed two collaborative close readings...
Category: beats
On the continuing relevance of the Beats (video clip; 9 minutes)
On the continued relevance of the Beat poets—a 9-minute clip from the week 6 live webcast for 2018, featuring comments from guest poets Rae Armantrout and Angela Carr.
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: 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...