Al Filreis and Doug Kearney went into the Wexler Studio of the Kelly Writers House to discuss Amiri Baraka’s “How You Sound??” This statement appeared in Donald Allen’s famous anthology, The New American Poetry in...
It’s Friday of week 6 of ModPo 2019! Perfect day for taking a break from work or play or childcare or your workout to read a poem. How about Bob Kaufman’s “Jail Poems” HERE....
Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 16) at NOON (Philly time) we will be coming to you live from our beloved Kelly Writers House. The amazing poet Doug Kearney will be joining us! HERE is your link...
There’s a new section of week 6 in ModPoPLUS—on the Beats. These materials pertain to Jack Kerouac’s experimental prose-poem, “Old Angel Midnight.” Recently the ModPo TAs reunited to talk about section 4 of this...
It’s week 6 of ModPo 2019! Time for the Beat poets! The main week 6 syllabus features the writings of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Anne Waldman, Bob Kaufman, Amiri Baraka, Robert Creeley, and Jayne...
During a September 2019 webcast, we talked for 2 minutes further about Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California.” See below for new links to ModPoPLUS, and here is that video: PART THIRTEEN: ALLEN GINSBERG 13.1...
Watch a discussion—excerpted from a fall 2018 webcast—in which Rae Armantrout describes her encounter with Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”:
Video (9 minutes long): on the continued relevance of the Beats, a discussion that includes poets Angela Carr and Rae Armantrout.
Here (below—see links) is a new section on Jerome Rothenberg now added to the ModPoPLUS week 7 syllabus. It includes a discussion of the poem “A Paradise of Poets,” and a discussion of Rothenberg’s...
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...