Jerome Rothenberg on Stein’s “A Shawl”
When Jerome last visited the Writers House, we sat down with him to talk about Gertrude Stein’s “A Shawl.” We’ve now added that video to ModPoPLUS week 4 among the Gertrude Stein resources. Here...
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New poem & video: Lorine Niedecker’s “My Life by Water”
An amazing poem: Niedecker’s “My Life by Water.” We were in Seattle in January 2020 and gathered with poets (among them Rae Armantrout and Bob Perelman) and ModPo citizens in the area and talked...
Craig Dworkin’s “The Pine-Woods Notebook” added to ModPoPLUS week 10
Danny Snelson and Al Filreis met to discuss two book-length poems or prose poems—Craig Dworkin’s The Pine-Woods Notebook and Frances Ponge’s World War II-era The Pine Woods Notebook. Obviously there is a connection and...
Roy Miki’s “I Hear You”
In Seattle in January 2020 Al met up with Larissa Lai — and the recording a close reading of Roy Miki’s poem “I Hear You.” The poem and the video have been added to...
Stephen Ratcliffe “sound of wave in channel” added to ModPoPLUS week 10
Stephen Ratcliffe wrote a 1,000-section poem in which each section describes the weather, the way the waves in a particular Pacific Ocean channel looks at sounds, and follows other constraints — making for a...
Rae Armantrout’s “Care” added to ModPoPLUS week 8
When in Seattle in January 2020, the ModPo team met up with various ModPo people, friends, and poets — including Rae Armantrout and Bob Perelman — and recorded a collaborative close reading of a...
Edwin Rolfe’s “Season of Death” added to week 5/chapter 3 (communist poets)
Edwin Rolfe, a member of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) in the 1930s, wrote a poem about the Depression called “Season of Death.” This poem and a video of our discussion of...
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge’s “Concordance” added to ModPoPLUS week 8
Section 1 of Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge’s “Concordance” is now part of the week 8 syllabus in ModPoPLUS — along with a video in which Al and the TAs discussed the poem. Here is the new...
Nanao Sakaki “Small People” added to ModPoPLUS week 6
Nanao Sakaki’s poem “Small People” — and a video accompanying the poem — have been added to week 6 of the ModPoPLUS syllabus. The video features Davy Knittle and Wai Chee Dimock, recorded in...
Dickinson’s “He fumbles at your Soul” — added to ModPoPLUS — new video
Cristanne Miller and Davy Knittle talk with Al Filreis about a poem now added to ModPoPLUS—Dickinson’s “He fumbles at your Soul.” PART NINETEEN: HE FUMBLES AT YOUR SOUL 19.1 read Dickinson’s “He fumbles at...
