ModPo update for Friday, October 4, 2019
Friday dawns here in Philly as we begin to wrap up week 4 of ModPo 2019. While many folks are continuing to read Stein and other poems in the main syllabus, and watch our...
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ModPo update for Thursday of week 4 (October 3, 2019)
Here we are—Thursday of week 4 of ModPo 2019. Have you had a chance to watch Bob Perelman’s brilliant explanation of Gertrude Stein’s occasional use of the continuous present tense? No? Well, here is...
ModPo updates: various, fun, important, misc. (October 1, 2019)
Good morning! Today the eminent poet Jerome (Jerry) Rothenberg, 88 years young, will be visiting the Writers House, as he does whenever he is touring the east coast. We will be making four new...
imagists influenced by Japanese poetry (and also: Japanese poets were influenced by imagists putting their tradition to use in modernist modes)
Nishiwiki’s poem “Rain” is directly influenced by H.D.’s “Oread.” Here is a discussion with Andrew Houwen about the connection. Generally speaking, thanks for a few contemporary scholars working on the relationship, we find that...
ModPo update for Monday of week 4 (September 30th, 2019)
Week 4 is truly underway! Lots of good conversation about Gertrude Stein is happening in our forum. Even if you’ve been shy about entering our discussion forum, maybe now is the time to check...
Langston Hughes’s “Dinner Guest: Me” — new video for week 5
I’m pleased to announce that we are adding a new video—about Langston Hughes’s “Dinner Guest: Me”—to ModPo’s *main* *syllabus* for week 5. (This was one of the videos we made when we had a...
16 videos on Gertrude Stein in general
Below is a list with links of ModPo videos about Gertrude Stein’s writing in general. We believe that these videos, taken together, offer the finest general introduction to Stein available anywhere! FROM ModPoPLUS: VIDEOS...
ModPo update as week 4 begins (9/29/2019)
We are now beginning week 4 of ModPo 2019! The main ModPo syllabus for week 4 is divided into two parts. The much larger first part is about Gertrude Stein’s writing. The smaller second...
ModPo update for Saturday of week 3 (9-28-2019)
Hello and happy Saturday! A lovely day here in Manhattan, NY, USA. Yes, it’s Saturday of week 3 of ModPo 2019—which is to say, the final day of our collaborative exploration of the rise...
ModPo update for 9/26/2019: 1) webcast recording; 2) Boston meet-ups; 3) NYC meet-up
It’s Thursday of week 3 of ModPo and I’m here to remind you—excitedly—that there’s a great deal of discussoin happening in our forums around each poem in the week 3 syllabus. Go HERE and...
