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...
Category: week 6
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...
ModPo week 6 – here come the Beats
It’s week 6 of ModPo 2019! Time for the Beat poets! The main week 6 syllabus features the writings of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Anne Waldman, Bob Kaufman, Amiri Baraka, Robert Creeley, and Jayne...
Rae Armantrout describes her encounter with “Howl”
Watch a discussion—excerpted from a fall 2018 webcast—in which Rae Armantrout describes her encounter with Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”:
On the continued relevance of the Beats (video clip from webcast)
Video (9 minutes long): on the continued relevance of the Beats, a discussion that includes poets Angela Carr and Rae Armantrout.
On the continuing relevance of the Beats (video clip; 9 minutes)
On the continued relevance of the Beat poets—a 9-minute clip from the week 6 live webcast for 2018, featuring comments from guest poets Rae Armantrout and Angela Carr.
Recording of week 6 webcast (October 17, 2018)
Our week 6 (Beat week) live webcast happened earlier today and here is the recording. We were joined by poets Rae Armantrout and Angela Carr.
ModPo week 6 webcast (October 17, 2018)
Tomorrow at 12 noon (Philadelphia time) we will host our week 6 webcast! Please plan to join us. The video stream will be available HERE. Links and guidelines are below. Please call us to speak...
ModPo update for Monday of week 6
If your intention is to receive a ModPo certificate, please be sure to consult the requirements. They are available at our FAQ page, and I have also copied them below. You can also listen to this...
ModPo update: first day of week 6 (2018)—discussion forums; highlights; compilation reel
Click HERE to see discussion subforums on each of the week 6 poems. Let’s talk! To discuss poems in the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 6, go HERE. A few week 6 highlights are listed & linked below. And HERE is a 2.5-minute...