Doug Kearney in ModPo
ModPo people might recall that Doug Kearney visited us back in November 2019 and joined us for the Beat week webcast. We edited several clips from the full recording of the webcast, and have...
Category: week 6
Jerome Rothenberg’s “A Poem of Fears”
Jerry Rothenberg performed this little-known poem, “A Poem of Fears,” and then we discussed it with them. This has been added to Rothenberg’s section of the week 6 ModPoPLUS syllabus: 20.3 read Rothenberg’s “A...
Nanao Sakaki “Small People” added to ModPoPLUS week 6
Nanao Sakaki’s poem “Small People” — and a video accompanying the poem — have been added to week 6 of the ModPoPLUS syllabus. The video features Davy Knittle and Wai Chee Dimock, recorded in...
Michael McClure added to the Beats week in ModPo
We have added three poems from Michael McClure’s Ghost Tantras to week 6 (the Beats) of the ModPoPLUS syllabus, as follows: PART TWENTY-TWO: MICHAEL McCLURE 22.1 read three poems from Michael McClure’s “Ghost Tantras”: LINK...
new abridged version of our discussion of Frank Lima’s “Plena”
A new 12-minute abridged version of our discussion of Frank Lima’s “Plena” is now available, thanks for the talented editing of Makena Deveraux. https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/resources/K6tjl
On Robin Blaser’s “A Bird in the House”
Some time ago we recorded an episode of PoemTalk about a poem by Robin Blaser, “A Bird in the House.” Then we found ourselves in San Francisco, meeting up with ModPo people, and decided...
On Baraka’s “How You Sound??” with Douglas Kearney
Al Filreis and Doug Kearney went into the Wexler Studio of the Kelly Writers House to discuss Amiri Baraka’s “How You Sound??” This statement appeared in Donald Allen’s famous anthology, The New American Poetry in...
ModPo update for Friday of week 6 (2019): 1) read a poem today; 2) City Lights; 3) meet-ups this weekend; 4) Beats in general
It’s Friday of week 6 of ModPo 2019! Perfect day for taking a break from work or play or childcare or your workout to read a poem. How about Bob Kaufman’s “Jail Poems” HERE....
ModPo webcast NOON on October 16
Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 16) at NOON (Philly time) we will be coming to you live from our beloved Kelly Writers House. The amazing poet Doug Kearney will be joining us! HERE is your link...
video: discussion of Kerouac’s “Old Angel Midnight”
There’s a new section of week 6 in ModPoPLUS—on the Beats. These materials pertain to Jack Kerouac’s experimental prose-poem, “Old Angel Midnight.” Recently the ModPo TAs reunited to talk about section 4 of this...