In ModPoPLUS week 8 there’s a 17-minute video of a discussion with Tonya Foster, Tracie Morris, and erica kaufman on Charles Bernstein’s poem “There’s a Hole in My Pocket.” Now we have made available...
To ModPoPLUS week 8—on the Language poets—we have added a new Charles Bernstein poem to the Bernstein section. It’s called “There’s a Hole in My Pocket” and it was included in the recent collected...
We have added a 14-minute video in which Al talks with Imaad Majeed about Charles Bernstein’s poem “In a Restless World Like This Is,” part of our ModPoMinute series.
From ModPoPLUS part 2: PART FOUR: CHARLES BERNSTEIN 4.1 read Charles Bernstein’s “In Particular”: LINK TO TEXT (2ND LINK TO TEXT) 4.2 listen to Bernstein perform “In Particular”: LINK TO AUDIO 4.3 watch discussion...
During the May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we discussed how we re-read Charles Bernstein’s “In a Restless World Like This Is” in a time of pandemic. This “9/11 poem” turns out to be...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any webcast live.
1) Wed 9/7/22, 3 pm (wk 1)
2) Wed 9/14/22, 9:30 am (wk 2)
3) Wed 9/21/22, 11 am (wk 3) (CELEBRATION of ModPo’s 10th anniversary & “The Difference Is Spreading” book—visitors welcome)
4) Wed 9/28/22, noon (wk 4) [featuring Jerome Rothenberg]
5) Thursday. 10/6/22, 8:30 pm (wk 5)
6) Thursday 10/13/22, 6:30 pm local time (wk 6) [in Chicago place TBD]
7) Wed 10/19/22, noon (wk 7)
8) Wed 10/26/22, 6:30 pm (wk 8) [in NYC at Morgan Library]
9) Wed 11/2/22, 3 pm (wk 9)
10) Wed 11/9/22, noon (wk 10) [featuring Laynie Browne]
11) Mon 11/14/22, noon (“final words”)
[] Click HERE to watch recordings of all the ModPo 2020 webcasts.
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