New poem & video: Rae Armantrout’s “Speech Acts”
We have added a new poem & video to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 2 (Dickinsonians and Whitmanians). The poem is Rae Armantrout’s “Speech Acts.” During the poet’s visit to the Kelly Writers House...
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New poem & video: Kate Colby’s “Theory”
Now added to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 2: Al Filreis & Kate Colby talk about her poem “Theory” and of course we provide a link to the text of the poem itself. Here...
Artist Maria Markovich makes an Emily Dickinson sculpture
The artist Maria Markovich has participated in ModPo for a number of years. In 2015 she created the Emily Dickinson figure photographed below.
Webcast clip: on Rae Armantrout’s “The Way” (September 2018)
Here is a clip from our September 2018 week 2 webcast.
New poem & video: Kate Colby’s “Middleman”
Today we have added a new poem and video to ModPoPLUS. The poem is Kate Colby’s “Middleman.” Read the poem HERE. Watch the video HERE.
New CCCR video: on Lorine Niedecker’s “Linnaeus in Lapland”
We have added a new CCCR* video—on Lorine Niedecker’s “Linnaeus in Lapland,” featuring Michael, Hannah, Selena and India. HERE is a link to the text of the poem. HERE is a link to the...
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...
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:
New ModPoPLUS video on Francisco X. Alarcón’s “From the Other Side of Night”
We have just now added to week 2 of the ModPoPLUS syllabus Francisco X. Alarcón’s poem “From the Other Side of Night.” The text of the poem can be found HERE. The video in...