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...
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.
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...
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,...
Once again, we at ModPo are pleased to roster several SloPo (off-season) mini-courses. Anyone enrolled in ModPo is eligible to participate. (If you are not currently enrolled in ModPo, go HERE.) To enroll in...
Here is the text of Sylvia Plath’s “The Stones.” This poem was discussed in episode #129 of the PoemTalk podcast series HERE. The Stones This is the city where men are mended.I lie on...
Here is the text of Ashbery’s poem “The Short Answer” from his book Quick Question. This was the basis of a PoemTalk episode which can be heard and viewed HERE. The Short Answer I...
The ModPo team traveled to the Morgan Library in New York, where they met up with many ModPo friends, including legendary ModPo TA Ali Castleman and poet Lee Ann Brown. The week’s live webcast—for...
Listen to Laynie Browne perform four poems from her book Daily Sonnets: “6/14 Donne Sonnet,” “Two-Fourteenths Sonnet,” “In Chinese astrology you are a snake,” “I’m a bunny in a human suit”: “6/14ths Donne sonnet”:...
Listen as Rosmarie Waldrop writes through the Declaration of Independence using N+7 chance operations:
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any of our 2024 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 – Thurs, Sept 24 – 3 PM
Week 5 – Wed, Oct 1 – NOON
Week 6 – Thursday, Oct 9 – New York City (time & location, TBD)
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.
