two poems by Daphne Marlatt, along with videos, now added
See below for a list of and links to poems by Daphne Marlatt and videos accompanying them. These have been added to the week 10 syllabus of ModPoPLUS. If you watch the videos, even...
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Craig Dworkin’s “The Pine-Woods Notebook” added to ModPoPLUS week 10
Danny Snelson and Al Filreis met to discuss two book-length poems or prose poems—Craig Dworkin’s The Pine-Woods Notebook and Frances Ponge’s World War II-era The Pine Woods Notebook. Obviously there is a connection and...
Roy Miki’s “I Hear You”
In Seattle in January 2020 Al met up with Larissa Lai — and the recording a close reading of Roy Miki’s poem “I Hear You.” The poem and the video have been added to...
Stephen Ratcliffe “sound of wave in channel” added to ModPoPLUS week 10
Stephen Ratcliffe wrote a 1,000-section poem in which each section describes the weather, the way the waves in a particular Pacific Ocean channel looks at sounds, and follows other constraints — making for a...
A poem called “ModPo” composed of words and phrases uttered during a ModPo webcast
Edgar Morquecho has composed a poem called “ModPo” which, he tells us, consists of words and phrases uttered during a fall 2019 ModPo webcast. Here is a LINK to the poem.
Rosmarie Waldrop on Stein’s “exact resemblance”
We are adding a new video to ModPoPLUS week 4. In it we discuss Rosmarie Waldrop’s poem about Stein’s idea of “exact resemblance,” a concept we will recall from Stein’s portrait of Picasso. The...
On Craig Dworkin’s “The Pine Woods Notebook” with Danny Snelson
Yesterday we posted episode 71 of our ModPoMinute YouTube series. This episode features a discussion of Craig Dworkin’s “The Pine Woods Notebook” with Danny Snelson:
The ModPo team visits Bureau Gallery with Erica Baum
On the day the ModPo team traveled to New York City to meet Erica Baum at Bureau to make a video—where her show “A Long Dress” was exhibited—these photographs were taken:
Tracie Morris visits for our week 10 webcast!
Tracie Morris was our special guest at the Kelly Writers House this past week—leading an improvised workshop for Writers House people, joining us for the live week 10 webcast. Here are some photos of...
ModPo update for Saturday, November 16
Have you listened to Caroline Bergvall’s mesmerizing performance of her “VIA”? If not, I urge you to do so (go HERE). As you know, she has made an arrangement of many translators’ versions of...