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...
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 “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...
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...
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...
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...
During a recent visit to San Francisco, the ModPo team gathered together with 30 or so ModPo’ers from the region (some folks traveled a long way, in fact!). We filmed two collaborative close readings...
We have now posted a new video to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 8. During a recent visit to San Francisco we gathered with Jake Marmer and Ariel Resnikoff at a tavern in the...
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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 – Wed, Sept 24 – 3 PM
Week 5 – Wed, Oct 1 – NOON
Week 6 – Thursday, Oct 9 – 6:30 PM (at Torn Page in NYC)
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.
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