Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Blog
Al’s update for Wednesday of ModPo week 2
Good morning. Autumn has arrived in Philly! Makes me feel that we should be in week 2 of ModPo. Oh, and we are! Wednesday of week 2! Here are a few notes/reminders: WEBCAST TODAY....
ModPo TAs Molly O’Neill & Anna Strong Stafford are featured on a podcast about losing a parent
There’s a podcast series called “Dead Parents Society,” produced & hosted by KWH’s Jamie-Lee Josselyn & recorded by Zach Carduner at Kelly Writers House’s Wexler Studio. The series is about writing about living life...
Discussion forum threads that could use some responses
Here are some discussion forum threads that have so far reviewed few responses (or none). Please take a moment to click one or two of the links and offer a comment! Thank you! On...
Info about our week 2 webcast
Tomorrow (Wednesday, September 18) we will convene our second webcast of the ModPo season. You really should try to make plans to watch (and participate in) our second weekly webcast of 2019. We start...
Al’s 9/16/19 message: 1) week 2; 2) resources for teachers; 3) meet-ups
Hello and welcome to Monday of week 2 of ModPo 2019. We are beginning to talk about our week 2 poets—influenced by Dickinson and Whitman. Fun! This week our Wednesday webcast will begin at...
New poem & video: Dickinson’s “From Blank to Blank—”
Just today we added a new poem and new video to week 1! The poem is Dickinson’s “From Blank to Blank—,” which you can read HERE. And HERE is the video, which is an...
Philip Metres’s “The Blues of Ken Davis” now added to ModPoPLUS week 5
Just now added to ModPoPLUS week 5, chapter 4—Philip Metres‘s poem “The Ballad of Ken Davis.” The text is here below and the video is here: https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/watch.php?file_id=225683
Week 2 of ModPo 2019 begins: Al’s announcement (includes info about the first essay)
Sunday morning here in Philly. The sun is shining and it’s nearly time for me to dig around in my tiny urban garden. But first an overview of ModPo week 2. During week 2...
ModPo comes to Boston, October 10-12
We would like to announce that the ModPo team is going on the road again. Each October we go somewhere and meet up with ModPo people. What fun it’s been! In recent years: London,...
