Photos taken during our week 1 (9-12-2018) webcast
Here are some photos Al took during today’s week 1 webcast. Because our Arts Cafe is being renovated, we have moved our first webcasts to the Kelly Writers House garden, where we’ve installed a...
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Blog
Webcast week 1 (9/12/18): join us at 3 PM Philly time
It’s webcast day here at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. You really should try to make plans to watch (and participate in) today’s first weekly ModPo webcast of 2018. We start at exactly 3 PM Philadelphia time (some...
ModPo today (9/11/18)—what’s on Al’s mind
Oh, as we discuss Dickinson’s intense creative power and Whitman’s craving for a word so basic that it’s just sound (“lull” [canto 47])—these complex precursors to modern writing in the U.S.—I am thinking of...
ModPo’s “Resources” submenu
One of the most important elements of the ModPo site is our “Resources” tab, which is viewable in the left-side menu of almost every ModPo page. On the menu, click “Course Home” to find...
Print this ModPo flyer & post around your town
We have had several requests for a simple ModPo poster that can be downloaded or copied, and then printed—and then posted around your town to alert neighbors that ModPo is available. Here is a...
Announcement: 9/9/18 on starting week 1
I have really enjoyed reading and responding to your introductions. Keep those coming HERE! Meantime, week 1 now begins for real. Between now and next weekend, we hope everyone will read the poems in...
ModPo as “Education Populism” (essay in PMLA)
Wai Chee Dimock, professor of literature at Yale University and editor of PMLA, has published an essay on Kelly Writers House, PennSound and ModPo. HERE is a PDF copy of that essay.
Added to ModPoPLUS: Caroline Bergvall’s “Say Parsley”
Recently we have added to ModPoPLUS materials pertaining to Caroline Bergvall’s “Say Parsley.” Here are the links: read Caroline Bergvall’s “Say Parsley” from her book Fig: LINK TO TEXT & IMAGES watch Bergvall’s video...
new poems & videos in ModPoPLUS for week 5
Here, below, are a number of poems and videos recently added to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 5: watch teachers discuss Lechlitner’s “Lines for an Abortionist’s Office”: LINK TO TRC VIDEO watch discussion of...
Al Filreis interviewed: podcast on what’s right & wrong with education now
Rolf Potts returned to the Writers House recently and, after leading a public program he and I went into the Wexler Studio to record an episode of his fine podcast series, “Deviate.” It was...
