Jerome Rothenberg added to ModPo
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...
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Douglas Kearney on Yona Harvey’s “The Dream District: Origins”
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
Montreal meet-up discusses Dickinson’s “The Soul unto itself”
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...
Erín Moure poem, “The Notification of Birches” (new video)
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...
New poem & video: Kaie Kellough’s “Maple Leaf Rag” (filmed on location in Montreal at Mont-Royal)
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...
New poem & video: Andrew Whiteman (in Montreal) talks with us about Victor Coleman’s “Earth Day”
During the ModPo team’s visit to Montreal in October 2018, we met up with songwriter/musician Andrew Whiteman—a long-time supporter of Canadian avant-garde poetry and a long-time ModPo’er—to talk about one of his favorite Canadian...
Aaron Simon’s poem-response to O’Hara’s urban mode
Aaron Simon’s poem “McCoppin Hub” is a response to Frank O’Hara’s present-tense walking-the-city mode from the point of view of someone politically passionate about the planned destruction of a “people’s park.” We have now...
New poem & video: Sina Queyras’ poem-response to Plath
Sina Queyras wrote her response to Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” and it is called “I Am No Lady, Lazarus.” The ModPo team traveled to Montreal in October 2018, and met Sina Queryas at Concordia...
New poem & video: Rae Armantrout’s “Speech Acts”
We have added a new poem & video to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 2 (Dickinsonians and Whitmanians). The poem is Rae Armantrout’s “Speech Acts.” During the poet’s visit to the Kelly Writers House...
New poem & video: Jennifer Scappettone’s “The Republic of Exit 43”
We are now adding a new video on Jen Scappettone‘s “The Republic of Exit 43″—a close-reading/close-looking discussion of one poem/page/collage from that book. This video and the poem are being added today to ModPoPLUS...
