NOTE: The ModPo TAs offer weekly office hours only during the “symposium mode” of the course each year, from early September through mid-November. These office hours are listed in EST (Philadelphia time) for the...
I’m delighted to announce two ModPo activities to be hosted by beloved ModPo TA Amber Rose Johnson: 1) Amber Rose will offer a SloPo course this spring—the fifth SloPo course we’re offering this season (look HERE to see...
Week 4 is truly underway! Lots of good conversation about Gertrude Stein is happening in our forum. Even if you’ve been shy about entering our discussion forum, maybe now is the time to check...
Today I want to highlight two things: 1) our first webcast coming up on Wednesday at 3 PM (Philadephia time) and 2) our office hours. WEBCASTS: Yes, our first weekly live webcast will happen...
Welcome, truly, to ModPo 2018 week 5! Below I’ve copied one of the four headnotes to the main week 5 syllabus—on “chapter 4” (the second of week 5’s four parts), the Harlem Renaissance. And...
Good morning to all! Happy Tuesday of week 2 of ModPo ’18! We encourage you to visit one of the “office hours” of the ModPo TAs. Even if you are reticent about posting to...
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...
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...
Today Anna and Al joined a number of ModPo people using Facebook Live, experimenting with a live-streaming-plus-commentary mode that we will use this autumn experimentally for a mode of “office hour.” You can watch...