PennSound is now making available the segmented audio recording of Doug Kearney’s presentation/reading in the Kelly Writers House “City Planning Poetics Series” (curated & hosted by Davy Knittle)—October 23, 2018. Kearney appears variously in...
A 4.5-minute clip from Ron Silliman’s time as Kelly Writers House Fellow—on Ezra Pound:
Karren Alenier’s review of “The Difference Is Spreading”: https://www.scene4.com/0222/karrenalenier0222.html The book can be pre-ordered HERE.
Here’s a recording of a 2/1/22 event at Kelly Writers House featuring Etty Yaniv interviewing Jennifer Wroblewski about Jen’s new series of drawings, “Late for Revision.” Jen spent a year making graphite drawings that...
Here’s a clip from a ModPo 2021 webcast: the ModPo TAs offer guidance in response to someone’s question about what to do when the annual symposium mode is done.
Click this link in order to purchase our book—The Difference Is Spreading: Fifty Contemporary Poets on Fifty Poems—at a 40% discount with (for most people) free shipping as well: https://site.pennpress.org/mla-2022/9780812253238/the-difference-is-spreading/ The promotional code is...
We are talking about “The Not Tale” — Caroline Bergvall’s experimental translation of the Arcite funeral passage in Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” HERE. Go HERE to see the entire subforum for a 10-day discussion...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any webcast live. 1) Wed 9/7/22, 3 pm (wk 1)2) Wed 9/14/22, 9:30 am (wk 2)3) Wed 9/21/22, 11 am (wk 3)...
Here, below, is the schedule for ModPo 2022. This is not finalized but will give you a fairly accurate sense of what we have planned. ModPo 2022 schedule Saturday, Sept 3 opening day Sun...
We are delighted to announce five new SloPo mini-courses for the ModPo off-season (the first months of 2022). As with all ModPo offerings, these are free (no charge whatsoever) and open to anyone. You...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any of our 2024 webcasts.
Week 1 — Wed, Sept 3 – 3 PM
Week 2 – Wed, Sept 10 – NOON (with Ariel Resnikoff)
Week 3 – Wed, Sept 17 – 8:30 PM
Week 4 – Thurs, Sept 24 – 3 PM
Week 5 – Wed, Oct 1 – NOON
Week 6 – Thursday, Oct 9 – New York City (time & location, TBD)
Week 7 – Wed, Oct 15 — NOON
Week 8 – Wed, Oct 22 — 3 PM (with Sarah Riggs)
Week 9 – Wed, Oct 29 – 10 AM (with Marcella Durand)
Week 10 – Wed, Nov 5– 8:30 PM
FINAL WORDS – Mon, Nov 10 – 11 AM
Yes, you can take ModPo for University of Pennsylvania credit. Three 10-week sessions are offered each year: fall, spring, summer. This version of ModPo is taught by ModPo coordinator Laynie Browne. Click HERE for all the info you need. Contact Laynie with questions at modpo@writing.upenn.edu.
ModPo has created a Teacher Resource Center (“TRC“) for teachers who use ModPo poems & videos in their classrooms. Click HERE to read teaching guides and watch videos in which teachers talk about teaching with ModPo. If you wish to be added to our teachers mailing list, write us at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Click HERE to discuss ModPo poems with other teachers.
