ModPo webcast at the Morgan Library in NY – 10/26/2022
We at the Kelly Writers House are thrilled to invite you to join us for a special edition of our weekly “ModPo” live interactive webcasts. For this event the Writers House/ModPo team will be...
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Blog
New ModPo essay: “Collaborative Close Reading and Global Conversation…”
HERE is a link to a new essay co-written by Anna Strong Safford, Davy Knittle, and me, published in a book of essays, Teaching Literature in the Online Classroom, eds. John Miller and Julie...
Tracie Morris improvises a poem-performance with Jayne Cortez
Watch Tracie Morris improvise a poem-performance in response to (and with) the video of Jayne Cortez performing her piece “She Got He Got.” This was Tracie’s contribution to a program featuring six poets each...
Rae Armantrout, “Second Person”
HERE is a link to the text of Rae Armantrout’s “Second Person.” And HERE is a page with related links.
Erica Hunt, “Reader, We Were Meant to Meet”
HERE is a link to Erica Hunt’s poem “Reader, we were meant to meet.” And HERE is a resource page—with a list and links—to some Erica Hunt poems and videos added to ModPo.
Fred Wah, “Selves”
Here is a LINK to the text of Fred Wah’s poem “Selves.” And here are some OTHER MATERIALS pertaining to this poem.
Celebration of ModPo’s 10 years (& launch of “The Difference Is Spreading”) – 9/21/22 – photos
For more information about the day’s events, click HERE to see the Kelly Writers House web calendar entries. To watch a recording of the 11 AM 10th-year webcast, click HERE. To watch a recording...
ModPo & Kelly Writers House come to Chicago — 4 events — you are invited!
I’m writing with details about our upcoming visit to Chicago. If you are in Chicago, or in the Chicago region, or planning to be visit Chicago during that time, or might like to plan...
Message sent to all ModPo people on Sunday at the start of week 1 of ModPo ’22
Many of you are beginning to discuss our week 1 poems HERE. I’m enjoying the various approaches and topical emphases. If you want to contribute to our discussion forums, ponder two sorts of posts: 1)...
On Ferlinghetti’s “Baseball Canto”
Our discussion of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “Baseball Canto” is now available on YouTube. This was originally posted to the ModPo syllabus as an audio-only item. But thanks to Paul Burke we are now presenting it...
