New poem & video: Rae Armantrout’s “Speech Acts”
We have added a new poem & video to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 2 (Dickinsonians and Whitmanians). The poem is Rae Armantrout’s “Speech Acts.” During the poet’s visit to the Kelly Writers House...
Tagged: week 2
New poem & video: Kate Colby’s “Theory”
Now added to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 2: Al Filreis & Kate Colby talk about her poem “Theory” and of course we provide a link to the text of the poem itself. Here...
Webcast clip: on Rae Armantrout’s “The Way” (September 2018)
Here is a clip from our September 2018 week 2 webcast.
New poem & video: Kate Colby’s “Middleman”
Today we have added a new poem and video to ModPoPLUS. The poem is Kate Colby’s “Middleman.” Read the poem HERE. Watch the video HERE.
New CCCR video: on Lorine Niedecker’s “Linnaeus in Lapland”
We have added a new CCCR* video—on Lorine Niedecker’s “Linnaeus in Lapland,” featuring Michael, Hannah, Selena and India. HERE is a link to the text of the poem. HERE is a link to the...
New video: further discussion of Armantrout’s “The Way”
Over the years ModPo people have spent a good deal of time pondering how to read Rae Armantrout’s “The Way.” Almost everyone deems it to be the most difficult poem on the week 2...
New video: on teaching Cid Corman’s “It isnt for want”
During our week 2 webcast for ModPo 2018 we had an opportunity to discuss—once again!—Cid Corman’s “It isnt for want.” After a bit we turned to how the poem might be taught. Is this...
End of week 2 update (glance ahead at week 3)
Greetings on this Friday of week 2 of ModPo 2018! Today I suggest that you read or re-read a few more week 2 poems, and prepare yourself to move on to week 3, which begins on...
Webcast photos (week 2, 2018 — September 20)
Today we convened our second webcast of ModPo ’18. Here are some photos of this wonderful gathering in the garden of the Kelly Writers House.
ModPo week 2 webcast (Thurs. Sept 20th at noon)
It’s webcast day here at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. You really should try to make plans to watch (and participate in) today’s second weekly ModPo webcast of 2018. We start at exactly...