An astonishingly great poet, teacher, critic, scholar, and practitioner of progressive, experimental pedagogy—erica kaufman—will once again join the ModPo team as a TA and coordinator of ModPo’s TRC (Teacher Resource Center) for ModPo 2019....
Al writes: “I caught up with Max McKenna yesterday & I can announce that Max is going to be—once again, for an 8th year!—a ModPo TA for ModPo 2019! Max is a ModPo original....
Today Al says the following: “I’m downright verklempt because I am typing these words: Gabe Ojeda-Sagué will be returning as a TA for ModPo 2019! Everyone who has worked alongside Gabe loves him: he’s...
We are well beyond just joyful in announcing that the super-talented & intellectually generous Davy Knittle will be back once again as a ModPo TA for ModPo 2019, starting September 7. He’s responsive, incisive,...
Dave Poplar! [ David Poplar ] Yes, Dave will be back as a ModPo TA for ModPo 2019 starting 9/7/19. Dave is an original (in so many senses): this will be his 8th year...
Jason’s Zuzga’s SloPo mini-course begins on Monday (March 11). See below for info! *** Mina Loy, Barbara Guest, and Alice Notley: The New York School and the Body of the PoemThere is no poem...
Amaris Cuchanski, whose sheer critical intelligence and talent for perfectly saying what everyone else is just then halfway thinking, was one of the original ModPo TAs back in 2012. I’m so very excited to...
Yesterday a ModPo film crew met up with Erica Baum at Bureau gallery in the lower east side of Manhattan — to make a new ModPoPLUS video with her about her newest project. Bureau...
This event, which is being hosted by Anna Strong Safford, will be live streamed (as all our programs are) here: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/tv/ *** We’re excited to invite you to the Writers House on Tuesday, February...
ModPo final words from Ujjwala Maharjan, a Nepali spoken-word poet:
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any of our 2025 webcasts.
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.
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.
