The newest episode of ModPoMinute (the 72nd in our series) has now been posted: a very brief discussion of Emily Dickinson’s “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” with Cristanne Miller and Davy Knittle.
Migrations into English: Indigenous, Immigrant, and Multilingual American Poetry A SloPo class — February 8 to March 4, 2020 Join in to the extent that you have time for. Everyone is welcome to...
The other night the Writers House community once again celebrated wintry doldrums with its annual “Mind of Winter” event, featuring home-made soup (warm!) and bread (warm!) and a fire going in our fireplace (warm!)—and...
Today we are adding a new ModPoPLUS video: Max McKenna traveled to Black Hawk Island in Wisconsin, where Lorine Niedecker lived, and filmed a collaborate close reading of Niedecker’s “Foreclosure” with members of the...
Yesterday we posted episode 71 of our ModPoMinute YouTube series. This episode features a discussion of Craig Dworkin’s “The Pine Woods Notebook” with Danny Snelson:
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ModPo people: mark your calendars! The schedule of ModPo 2020 webcasts has now been finalized! Note our special visitors during weeks 3, 6, and 10. And note also that this year our road trip will...
We here at ModPo are very pleased to once again be able to offer brand new SloPo mini courses to any and all ModPo students who want to join them. Two of these courses...
Nicholas “Denny” Stern, great ModPo guy (Community TA), in Seattle last night after our ModPo meet-up there (at Town Hall Seattle). We talked about Rae Armantrout‘s new poem “Care” and also Lorine Niedecker’s “My Life...
See below for three links pertaining to Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “The Chicago Picasso.” We have now added an excerpt from a 1969 interview in which Brooks talked about that poem. This is all in...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any of our 2025 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 – 6:30 PM (at Torn Page in NYC)
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.
