The ModPo team is preparing for our quick trip to New York City tomorrow. Our live worldwide webcast will begin at 6 PM (eastern US time) at the Morgan Library. You can join us...
Today we have begun week 8 of ModPo 2019. Weeks 8, 9, and 10, taken together, constitute our effort to present three approaches to the foundations of contemporary U.S. poetry. That’s why you will...
Today is our final day working together to read and discuss the poems of the New York School—week 7. Week 8 begins tomorrow. Of course if you only had a chance to read a...
Today i want to mention and recommend just one poem we read this week—John Ashbery’s “Hard Times.” Ashbery is not really—or not often directly, anyway—a political poet. But “Hard Times” gives you a sense...
Today (Sunday, October 20) we begin week 7 of ModPo 2019. This week we will be reading and discussing the New York School poets. In the main ModPo syllabus we encounter Frank O’Hara, Barbara...
It’s Friday of week 6 of ModPo 2019! Perfect day for taking a break from work or play or childcare or your workout to read a poem. How about Bob Kaufman’s “Jail Poems” HERE....
Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 16) at NOON (Philly time) we will be coming to you live from our beloved Kelly Writers House. The amazing poet Doug Kearney will be joining us! HERE is your link...
There’s a new section of week 6 in ModPoPLUS—on the Beats. These materials pertain to Jack Kerouac’s experimental prose-poem, “Old Angel Midnight.” Recently the ModPo TAs reunited to talk about section 4 of this...
The ModPo team just returned from a four-day trip to Boston. We hosted our weekly live webcast at MIT on October 10—thanks for Nick Montfort, the poet (see week 9 of ModPoPLUS) and critic/theorist...
It’s week 6 of ModPo 2019! Time for the Beat poets! The main week 6 syllabus features the writings of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Anne Waldman, Bob Kaufman, Amiri Baraka, Robert Creeley, and Jayne...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any of our 2024 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 – Thurs, Sept 24 – 3 PM
Week 5 – Wed, Oct 1 – NOON
Week 6 – Thursday, Oct 9 – New York City (time & location, TBD)
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.
