Jason Zuzga rejoins ModPo as a TA for ModPo ’23!
I have the honor of announcing the reappointment of our extraordinary colleague and friend Jason Zuzga as a TA for ModPo ’23, the ten-week symposium mode of which begins on Saturday, September 2. I...
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ModPo live webcast, May 10 at 10 AM ET
Mark your calendars! On May 10, starting at 10 AM Philadelphia time, we will convene for a live, interactive ModPo webcast. You will be able to watch and participate by tuning in to our...
Kate Colby returns to ModPo as a TA in ’23!
Al Filreis writes: I’m beyond excited to announce this: Kate Colby returns to ModPo 2023—a marvelous talented poet and a wonderfully responsive collaborative reader of poems, a good friend of the Writers House people....
The Baroness in Toronto 2023
An avid ModPo community member went to the nearby city of Toronto and, as he passed by a storefront there, saw the Baroness. And posed likewise. And sent this photo to us along with...
Max McKenna is back as a TA for ModPo ’23!
Well, what can said about Max McKenna’s positively great effect on ModPo over the past decade-plus? He’s intellectually generous, always brings new ideas to the conversation about a poem, loves leading the famed Euro...
Ali Castleman returns to ModPo for a 12th year!
Al Filreis writes: “Today I enthuse about this utterly remarkable thing: the one & only Ali Castleman will re-join ModPo starting September 2 as a ModPo TA for the *12th* year! As ModPo people...
Sophia DuRose returns at TA for ModPo 2023
Al Filreis announces the following: “I have the huge pleasure to announcing that the amazing Sophia DuRose will return as a TA for ModPo 2023 (starting September 2)! Sophia is the best—always ready with...
Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light”
LONG LIGHT Long light Super Bowl Sunday 2006“Do” to escape from the presentlying on a recycled-plastic outdoor-carpetnear profuse clover and the water meter In the dream Heathermarries a heart surgeon in heaven We need...
Dave Poplar returns as TA for 12th season
Al Filreis writes: “I’m elated and honored to announce that Dave Poplar will re-join ModPo as a TA for the ModPo 2023 season, starting September 2. Dave is a ModPo original, a member of...
ModPo ’23 TA reappointment: erica kaufman
A note from Al Filreis: In the coming weeks I will be conferring with the ModPo TAs and will announce, one at a time, those who will be joining us again—once again—for ModPo 2023...
