Mandana Chaffa, who convenes and moderates ModPo meet-ups in New York City, wrote this about the meet-up this past weekend: “The stellar NYC autumn day—as rare a sighting as an on-time subway—was outmatched, as...
NOTE: ModPo 2021 weekly webcast schedule will be posted soon. Meantime, this was the 2020 schedule:
1) Wed 9/9/20, noon (wk 1)
2) Wed 9/16/20, 3PM (wk 2) (w/ Kate Colby & Angela Carr)
3) Wed 9/23/20, noon (wk 3) (w/ Bob Perelman)
4) Wed 9/30/20, 10 AM (wk 4)
5) Wed. 10/7/20, 3PM (wk 5)
6) Wed 10/14/20, noon (wk 6) (w/ Jake Marmer)
7) Wed 10/21/20, 10AM (wk 7)
8) Wed 10/28/20, 6:30PM (wk 8)
9) Wed 11/4/20, 3PM (wk 9)
10) Wed 11/11/20, noon (wk 10) (w/ Derek Beaulieu)
11) Mon 11/16/20, 10:30AM (“final words”)
[] Click HERE to watch recordings of all the ModPo 2020 webcasts.
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 famed ModPo TA Anna Strong Safford and co-created with ModPo founder Al Filreis. Click HERE for all the info you need. Contact Anna 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.
