ModPo ’23 TA reappointment: erica kaufman
A note from Al Filreis: In the coming weeks I will be conferring with the ModPo TAs and will announce, one at a time, those who will be joining us again—once again—for ModPo 2023...
Category: TAs
Celebration of ModPo’s 10 years (& launch of “The Difference Is Spreading”) – 9/21/22 – photos
For more information about the day’s events, click HERE to see the Kelly Writers House web calendar entries. To watch a recording of the 11 AM 10th-year webcast, click HERE. To watch a recording...
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...
Jake Marmer: reading & conversation available in recordings
Jake Marmer’s 10/20/2020 reading & conversation hosted by the Kelly Writers House is now available at PennSound as a full video recording and also audio recordings segmented by poem and discussion topic: https://www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Marmer.php#10-14-20
Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué returns as ModPo 2021 TA
The nicest thing happened at the end of the day yesterday. We recorded a new episode of PoemTalk (to be released a few months from now) and the talented Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué joined us as...
ModPo TA Amaris Cuchanksi: watch a highlight reel
Makena Devereaux has prepared this 4-minute highlight reel of some of the greatest moments in which Amaris Cuchanski responds brilliantly in some discussion or another.
ModPo TAs re-read poems through the pandemic
Hi, everyone. Here is the list of poems the TAs have chosen to re-read through the perspective of the pandemic: https://media.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/ModPo-misc/ModPo-webcast-pandemic-poem-list-May2020.pdf This PDF includes links to the poems. Have a look!
Max McKenna on Niedecker in ModPo
In the current issue of the Friends of Lorine Niedecker Newsletter (issue #31, Winter 2020), Max McKenna has published a short essay on encountering Niedecker in ModPo. Here is the link to the online...
Molly O’Neill to return as ModPo TA for 2020
It’s the time of year when I announce the reappointments of ModPo TAs for the next “symposium mode” round of ModPo. First up—to join us for a 9th year as fabulously thoughtful & intellectually...