Edwin Rolfe, a member of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) in the 1930s, wrote a poem about the Depression called “Season of Death.” This poem and a video of our discussion of...
We have now added a new George Oppen poem (and video about the poem) to our modest collection of Oppen materials in week 5 (chapter 3). Below are all the links now in that...
Save the date! On Thursday, June 11, at 11 AM (eastern U.S. time) ModPo and MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art in New York City) will be kicking off a collaboration with a live...
Just now added to ModPoPLUS week 5, chapter 4—Philip Metres‘s poem “The Ballad of Ken Davis.” The text is here below and the video is here: https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/watch.php?file_id=225683
We have now added Julia Vinograd’s “Street Detail” to ModPoPLUS—to week 5 (chapter 4). The text and a video recording of a discussion about this poem with ModPo’ers in Los Angeles has been added...
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...
Please plan to join us for our week 5 webcast tomorrow (Wednesday, October 10) at 5 PM Philadelphia time. Tomorrow morning I will send the usual guidelines and will describe options for participating. Meantime,...
Here, below, are a number of poems and videos recently added to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 5: watch teachers discuss Lechlitner’s “Lines for an Abortionist’s Office”: LINK TO TRC VIDEO watch discussion of...