Category: week 4

April 9, 2023

The Baroness in Toronto 2023

An avid ModPo community member went to the nearby city of Toronto and, as he passed by a storefront there, saw the Baroness. And posed likewise. And sent this photo to us along with...

latest updates / new videos / week 4

December 4, 2022

Jerome Rothenberg’s favorite Stein poem

During our 2022 week 4 live webcast, Jerome Rothenberg talks about a favorite Gertrude Stein poem. Rothenberg was visiting the Writers House from California to be with us for the webcast, a PoemTalk episode,...

Stein / video / week 4

September 27, 2021

21 videos about Gertrude Stein – intended especially for those who don’t know where to start when reading her poems

GERTRUDE STEIN IN GENERAL 1.1 watch discussion on how we assess and value Stein’s writing:LINK TO VIDEO [OFFSITE COPY] 1.2 watch Rachel Blau DuPlessis describe how Stein resists normative reading: LINK TO VIDEO [OFFSITE...

Kelly Writers House / new videos / Stein / week 4

May 2, 2021

Hilton Als talks with Al Filreis about Gertrude Stein

During a one-hour conversation/interview Al Filreis conducted with art critic, memoirist and New Yorker staff writer Hilton Als, Al asked Hilton about some comments he made in one of his essays about Gertrude Stein....

Stein / week 4

April 3, 2021

Rothenberg on Stein’s “Tender Buttons” in just 1 minute

We have prepared a 1-minute excerpt of a discussion with poet Jerome Rothenberg of Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons. Here it is:

ModPoPLUS / Stein / week 4

February 17, 2021

A Gertrude Stein primer—ModPo videos for those who want to understand Stein

Over the years we at ModPo have assembled a number of short videos that will help you introduce yourself to the (supposed) “difficulty” of Gertrude Stein. These are available in the first section of...