Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué returns as ModPo 2021 TA
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...
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Blog
On erasure as a technique in Jordan Abel’s “A Place of Scraps”
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...
Fall 2021 ModPo weekly live webcast schedule
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...
“The Mind of Winter”: Collaborative close reading by Zoom of Stevens’s “The Snow Man”
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 added to ModPoPLUS week 8
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...
A Gertrude Stein primer—ModPo videos for those who want to understand Stein
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...
Robert Grenier: a drawing poem
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...
ModPo TA Amaris Cuchanksi: watch a highlight reel
Makena Devereaux has prepared this 4-minute highlight reel of some of the greatest moments in which Amaris Cuchanski responds brilliantly in some discussion or another.
ModPo Short: 1-minute video on Frost’s “For Once, Then, Something”
This is a 1-minute excerpt from a longer video featuring Al Filreis, standing in Biscuit Creek of New York State, talking about Robert Frost’s sonnet, “For Once, Then, Something”:
ModPo Short: 1-minute video on Anne Waldman’s “Rogue State”
A 1-minute clip from an October 19, 2016, live webcast:
