Here are a few updates for today, Wednesday of ModPo 2019 week 5: WEBCAST. Tomorrow’s webcast will begin at 7 PM Boston time. Click HERE to join us at the time of the webcast....
During a September 2019 webcast, we talked for 2 minutes further about Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California.” See below for new links to ModPoPLUS, and here is that video: PART THIRTEEN: ALLEN GINSBERG 13.1...
Al traveled recently to Los Angeles to participate in a conference on Wallace Stevens. There he met Charles Altieri, eminent critic of modern U.S. poetry. They talked for 7 minutes about Wallace Stevens’s poem...
Week 5, week 5! Today is our first day of week 5. The main syllabus for week 5 is divided into four parts or “chapters.” Chapter 3 is about the communist poets of the...
Back in June 2019 many of the ModPo TAs gathered back at the Writers House—a reunion!—to make a series of new videos for the ModPo syllabi. During a break we also filmed a new...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
