Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Blog
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
At 10 AM today (Philadelphia time)—approximately 2.5 hours from now—we will convene our weekly live webcast! HERE is your link. You can call us at 610-616-3208. You can tweet using the hashtag #ModPoLive (we...
Hello and welcome to Tuesday of week 3, ModPo 2019! Here are four thoughts/reminders/announcements: 1) Tomorrow (Wednesday, September 25th) we will convene our weekly live interactive webcast at 10 AM Philadelphia time. We hope...
Week 3 of ModPo is a favorite! Reading and discussion H.D.’s “Sea Rose” gives us a chance to try out our ideas about what a modern approach to the oldest poetic symbol for love...
I’m enjoying two full days of constant talk about the poet Wallace Stevens out here at the gorgeous Huntington Library. Yesterday I recorded a new ModPo video about Stevens’s poem “Plot against the Giant”...