video: why experimental poetry & online teaching go well together
Why experimental poetry is well suited to remote/online teaching:
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Blog
a ModPoPLUS playlist — a selection of ten poems & videos from the first half of the course
Recently Kent Ekberg, a long-time devoted ModPo’er and someone whose grit we admire a lot, mentioned that he was looking for some new interesting things to read and watch. We suggested a “best of”...
MoMA/ModPo combo webcast, June 11, 2020, at 11 AM (eastern US time)
Save the date! On Thursday, June 11, at 11 AM (eastern U.S. time) ModPo and MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art in New York City) will be kicking off a collaboration with a live...
Charles Bernstein ModPo materials to date
From ModPoPLUS part 2: PART FOUR: CHARLES BERNSTEIN 4.1 read Charles Bernstein’s “In Particular”: LINK TO TEXT (2ND LINK TO TEXT) 4.2 listen to Bernstein perform “In Particular”: LINK TO AUDIO 4.3 watch discussion...
video: re-reading Bernstein’s “In a Restless World Like This Is” in a time of pandemic
During the May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we discussed how we re-read Charles Bernstein’s “In a Restless World Like This Is” in a time of pandemic. This “9/11 poem” turns out to be...
re-reading Ashbery’s “Hard Times” in a time of pandemic
During our May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we talked about re-reading John Ashbery’s “Hard Times” a time of pandemic. Here is that segment of the webcast:
re-reading Bernadette Mayer’s “The Incorporation of Sophia’s Cereal” in a time of pandemic
During our May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we talked about re-reading Bernadette Mayer’s “The Incorporation of Sophia’s Cereal” in a time of pandemic. Here is that segment of the webcast:
A message for new ModPo people
If you are new to ModPo, this is the message for you. Please read, click links, and ask ANY questions you might have by writing us at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Yes, many people have joined ModPo...
ModPo TAs re-read poems through the pandemic
Hi, everyone. Here is the list of poems the TAs have chosen to re-read through the perspective of the pandemic: https://media.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/ModPo-misc/ModPo-webcast-pandemic-poem-list-May2020.pdf This PDF includes links to the poems. Have a look!
A poem called “ModPo” composed of words and phrases uttered during a ModPo webcast
Edgar Morquecho has composed a poem called “ModPo” which, he tells us, consists of words and phrases uttered during a fall 2019 ModPo webcast. Here is a LINK to the poem.
