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...
Thanks to Christine Nelson, Morgan Library curator and ModPo friend, we hosted a live ModPo webcast at the library in New York City on October 30, 2019—for a discussion of our week 8 poems:...
The ModPo team is preparing for our quick trip to New York City tomorrow. Our live worldwide webcast will begin at 6 PM (eastern US time) at the Morgan Library. You can join us...
Today we have begun week 8 of ModPo 2019. Weeks 8, 9, and 10, taken together, constitute our effort to present three approaches to the foundations of contemporary U.S. poetry. That’s why you will...
Today is our final day working together to read and discuss the poems of the New York School—week 7. Week 8 begins tomorrow. Of course if you only had a chance to read a...
Further discussion of Harryette Mullen’s “Any Lit”—a clip from a fall 2018 webcast:
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...
We have now posted a new video to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 8. During a recent visit to San Francisco we gathered with Jake Marmer and Ariel Resnikoff at a tavern in the...
Got ten minutes tonight? Terrific! Please click HERE and review some essays! Below, in particular, are six essays on Eileen Myles’s “The Honey Bear” that could use a few more reviews/responses. Please click on at least...