Erica Hunt added to ModPoPLUS week 8
Erica Hunt, who is often associated with the Language poets, has been added to week 8 of ModPoPLUS. Her poem “the voice of no” has long been part of the week 5 syllabus of...
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On Wah’s “Between You and Me There Is an I”
In ModPoPLUS for week 8, we include a poem by Fred Wah called “Between You and Me There Is an I.” During our ModPo 2020 week 8 webcast, we discussed this poem, and here...
Aiden from Ireland performs & interprets “Mending Wall”
We continue to add new materials to our CCCR (Community Collaborative Close Readings) syllabus. The newest addition: Aiden Meade (Ireland), a 2020 ModPo participant, performs and interprets Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”: LINK TO VIDEO...
Al Filreis discusses Cid Corman’s “It isnt for want” as part of a commencement address
Al gave this talk at the graduation ceremonies of the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in May 2020:
Video: on Fred Wah’s “Between You and Me There Is an I” (filmed in Vancouver)
Stephen Collis and Karis Shearer joined Al Filreis to talk about Fred Wah’s “Between You and Me There Is an I” — at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The video recording of...
Niedecker wrote poems on her calendar — here’s one plus a new video
Lorine Niedecker wrote poems on the pages of her daily calendar. Very Dickinsonian in its use of quotidian domestic bits and pieces as writing resources. We discussed one of these poem-entries in detail when...
Jennifer Scappettone’s writing through “The Pledge of Allegiance” in “Delection Even”
Max McKenna convened a group of Chicago-land ModPo people to discuss Jennifer Scappettone’s “Delection Even.” The links now added to week 10 of ModPoPLUS include the text of the poem, a recording of the...
CCCR: discussion of Whitman’s “I Hear It Was Charged against Me”
The Global ModPo Study Group convened in January 2020 to talk about Whitman’s “I Heard It Was Charged against Me.” The recording of that session has been added to ModPo’s CCCR syllabus. CCCR =...
video: on the ongoing influence of Whitman
An excerpt from our week 2 2019 live webcast—a discussion of the ongoing influence of Whitman:
Kate Colby’s poem “Homing” & our discussion of it with her
During our week 2 live webcast 2019 we were joined by poet Kate Colby. She read her poem “Homing” (from The Arrangements) and then we discussed it. The poem and video have been added...