images of Robert Grenier’s “Sentences”
Here are several links in which one can get an overview of Robert Grenier’s Sentences: — Introduction and image of the box: LINK — Granary Press entry on Sentences, including images of the box...
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Blog
erica kaufman’s 2-part commentary on Gertrude Stein: poetry & pedagogy
As part of erica kaufman’s 2012 Jacket2 commentary series on poetry and pedagogy, she wrote a two-part comment on Gertrude Stein. “Gertrude Stein, a lesson play” (part 1): LINK “Gertrude Stein, a lesson play”...
Two passages from Sarah Dowling’s “Entering Sappho”
We discuss these two passages from Sarah Dowling’s Entering Sappho: “Clip”: LINK “White Columns”: LINK
5 pages from Craig Dworkin’s “The Pine-Woods Notebook”
In week 10 of ModPoPLUS we discuss 5 pages from Craig Dworkin’s The Pine-Woods Notebook: Excerpt #1, page 13: LINK Excerpt #2, pages 14-15: LINK Excerpt #3, pages 16-17: LINK Excerpt #4, pages 36-37:...
texts of 3 poems from Joan Retallack’s Bosch series
Here are three poems from Retallack’s Bosch series: 1. “The Ventriloquist’s Dilemma”: see text below 2. “None Too Soon”: LINK 3. “The Long And Short of It Thought Experiment”: LINK —– The Ventriloquist’s Dilemma...
C. D. Wright: 4 poems from “One Big Self”
Here are four poems from Wright’s book One Big Self that formed the basis of the conversation recorded in an episode of PoemTalk: “Count Heads”: LINK “Count Your Fingers”: LINK “I want to go...
Joan Retallack SloPo mini-course (Jan 6-20, 2023)
Welcome to the SloPo mini-course on the writings of Joan Retallack. If at any time you have questions about how our mini-course is working, please don’t hesitate to contact Al Filreis at afilreis@writing.upenn.edu. Our...
New Year’s greetings (2023) — video message from Al
Al stopped by the Kelly Writers House on his daily run on New Year’s Eve day, 12/31/22, and made a 5-minute video greeting for all ModPo people.
ModPo is coming to L.A. in February 2023
The ModPo team will be in Los Angeles in early February. If you are in or near L.A., or might like to travel there to meet up with us, please keep reading this note—about...
Jerome Rothenberg’s favorite Stein poem
During our 2022 week 4 live webcast, Jerome Rothenberg talks about a favorite Gertrude Stein poem. Rothenberg was visiting the Writers House from California to be with us for the webcast, a PoemTalk episode,...
