Just now added to the New York School week of ModPoPLUS (week 7)—a new video in which Lytle Shaw joins us in discussing his “homophobic translation” of Frank O’Hara’s “At the Old Place”: https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/resources/rIKLc...
A number of ModPo TAs, including all but one of the originals, traveled back to the Kelly Writers House to spend the day making new videos for the course. These videos will soon be...
Our special “offseason” live webcast today begins at NOON Philly time—which is just about 3.5 hours from now. Join us! Click HERE for the live video stream. Click HERE to post a comment or...
Anna Strong Safford and Al Filreis are editing & publishing a book (paperback & e-book) of 1,000-word essays by 50 poets—each writing about one poem. Here are some of the essays: Bernadette Mayer on...
When Douglas Kearney visited the Kelly Writers House recently, he took a few moments to meet with Al Filreis and talk about the natural relationship between ModPo and Doug’s “Sharpened Visions” massive open online...
Here (below—see links) is a new section on Jerome Rothenberg now added to the ModPoPLUS week 7 syllabus. It includes a discussion of the poem “A Paradise of Poets,” and a discussion of Rothenberg’s...
Just now added to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 10: Douglas Kearney discusses Yona Harvey’s poem “The Dream District: Origins.” The new video is linked here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/resources/wv37y
During our visit to Montreal in October 2018, we convened a meet-up which was attended by a wonderful group of Canadian ModPo’ers. One of the poems we discussed that night was Dickinson’s “The Soul...
Also at Mont-Royal & again with Michael Nardone, we talk about an early poem by Erín Moure—”The Notification of Birches.” Here’s the new ModPo video: https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/resources/CF5kH Here is our week 10 “Canadian sampler” as...
We went to Montreal to talk with Michael Nardone about Kaie Kellough’s book Maple Leaf Rag and in particular the prefatory poem titled “flux.” Today we posted the video recording of our conversation on...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any webcast live.
Week 1 — Wed, Sept 4 – NOON
Week 2 – Wed, Sept 11 – 8 PM (with Iain Morrison)
Week 3 – Wed, Sept 18 – 10 AM
Week 4 – Thurs, Sept 26 – 6:30 PM (live from Montreal)
Week 5 – Wed, Oct 2 – 10 AM
Week 6 – Wed, Oct 9 – NOON (with Bob Holman)
Week 7 – Wed, Oct 16: 3 PM
Week 8 – Wed, Oct 23: 3 PM (with Charles Bernstein)
Week 9 – Wed, Oct 30 – 10 AM
Week 10 – Wed, Nov 6 – NOON (with Rae Armantrout)
FINAL WORDS – Mon, Nov 11 – NOON
[] Click HERE to watch recordings of all the ModPo 2023 webcasts.
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.
