New video: further discussion of Armantrout’s “The Way”
Over the years ModPo people have spent a good deal of time pondering how to read Rae Armantrout’s “The Way.” Almost everyone deems it to be the most difficult poem on the week 2...
Category: webcast
New video: on teaching Cid Corman’s “It isnt for want”
During our week 2 webcast for ModPo 2018 we had an opportunity to discuss—once again!—Cid Corman’s “It isnt for want.” After a bit we turned to how the poem might be taught. Is this...
New video on John Phillips’ “This”
During our week 2 webcast for ModPo 2018, we discussed John Phillips’s poem “This,” new to the ModPoPLUS syllabus:
Webcast photos (week 2, 2018 — September 20)
Today we convened our second webcast of ModPo ’18. Here are some photos of this wonderful gathering in the garden of the Kelly Writers House.
ModPo week 2 webcast (Thurs. Sept 20th at noon)
It’s webcast day here at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. You really should try to make plans to watch (and participate in) today’s second weekly ModPo webcast of 2018. We start at exactly...
Photos taken during our week 1 (9-12-2018) webcast
Here are some photos Al took during today’s week 1 webcast. Because our Arts Cafe is being renovated, we have moved our first webcasts to the Kelly Writers House garden, where we’ve installed a...
Webcast week 1 (9/12/18): join us at 3 PM Philly time
It’s webcast day here at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. You really should try to make plans to watch (and participate in) today’s first weekly ModPo webcast of 2018. We start at exactly 3 PM Philadelphia time (some...
ModPo today (9/11/18)—what’s on Al’s mind
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...
ModPo’s “Resources” submenu
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...
ModPo travels to Montreal in early October 2018
Each October the ModPo team travels to a city beyond—sometimes well beyond—our home at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. This year we will be coming to Montreal. We will be hosting TWO ModPo events: 1)...