David Colón and Al Filreis recorded a discussion about Rosa Alcalá’s Undocumentaries — 24 minutes in all. Here now is a 1-minute excerpt from that discussion, which can be found in ModPoPLUS week 3:
In ModPoPLUS week 8 there’s a 17-minute video of a discussion with Tonya Foster, Tracie Morris, and erica kaufman on Charles Bernstein’s poem “There’s a Hole in My Pocket.” Now we have made available...
ModPoPLUS for week 5 (“chapter 6”) deals with formalist poets of the 1950s, “neo-modernists” of the Cold War era, and also has a relatively new section on several confessional poets. Among the confessional poets...
The nicest thing happened at the end of the day yesterday. We recorded a new episode of PoemTalk (to be released a few months from now) and the talented Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué joined us as...
Fairly new to ModPo’s week 10 syllabus: an excerpt from Jordan Abel’s A Place of Scraps. We have now added to ModPoPLUS for week 10 a 20-minute discussion in which we talk about erasure...
We are thrilled to announce the ModPo 2021 weekly live webcast schedule. All times given are U.S. eastern times (Philadelphia time). ModPo webcasts are viewable through YouTube—at ModPo’s own YouTube channel. You can also...
On January 28, 2021, Al Filreis convened a group of nearly 100 people by Zoom to collaborate on a close reading of Wallace Stevens’s “The Snow Man.” The event was hosted by the Kelly...
Erica Hunt, who is often associated with the Language poets, has been added to week 8 of ModPoPLUS. Her poem “the voice of no” has long been part of the week 5 syllabus of...
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...
Charles Bernstein and Al Filreis discuss one of Robert Grenier’s “drawing poems.” From ModPoPLUS part 2: 3.4 look at/read one of Robert Grenier’s drawing poems: LINK TO TEXT/IMAGE 3.5 watch a discussion of Robert...
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 – Wed, 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.
