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...
Category: TAs
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...
ModPo TAs Molly O’Neill & Anna Strong Stafford are featured on a podcast about losing a parent
There’s a podcast series called “Dead Parents Society,” produced & hosted by KWH’s Jamie-Lee Josselyn & recorded by Zach Carduner at Kelly Writers House’s Wexler Studio. The series is about writing about living life...
ModPo TAs return for a new session of filming
A number of ModPo TAs, including all but one of the originals, traveled back to the Kelly Writers House to spend the day making new videos for the course. These videos will soon be...