Al Filreis
@afilreis.bsky.social
Al Filreis is Kelly Professor, Faculty Dir of the Kelly Writers House, Dir of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, host of PoemTalk, lead convener of ModPo—all at the Univ of Pennsylvania.
May 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We talk with Jerry Rothenberg about several passages of his prose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ug...
On Jerome Rothenberg's Pre-Faces & Other Writings
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May 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
We talk with Jerry Rothenberg about several passages of his prose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ug...
May 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
last run of the year with my wonderful students
May 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
last run of the year with my wonderful students
Bob Holman performs his poem "A Beat & Beyond": www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOuJ...
Bob Holman performs "A Beat and Beyond"
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May 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Bob Holman performs his poem "A Beat & Beyond": www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOuJ...
We discuss Bernadette Mayer's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers": www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO-9...
Further discussion of Mayer's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
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May 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We discuss Bernadette Mayer's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers": www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO-9...
On Eileen Myles's meta-poem "Writing": www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBHt...
Further discussion of Myles's "Writing"
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May 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
On Eileen Myles's meta-poem "Writing": www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBHt...
A new ModPo video—in which we discuss Barbara Guest's amazing poem "20": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk6L...
Further discussion of Barbara Guest's "20"
Further discussion of Barbara Guest's "20"
Further discussion of Barbara Guest's "20"
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May 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A new ModPo video—in which we discuss Barbara Guest's amazing poem "20": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk6L...
Further discussion of Barbara Guest's "20"
Further discussion of Barbara Guest's "20"
Here are our favorite lines from New York School poems: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLT...
An anthology of favorite New York School lines
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May 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here are our favorite lines from New York School poems: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLT...
New ModPo video—a further discussion of Lyn Hejinian's "My Life": www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwkp...
Further discussion of Lyn Hejinian's "My Life"
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May 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New ModPo video—a further discussion of Lyn Hejinian's "My Life": www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwkp...
New to ModPo—we discuss Charles Bernstein's poem "Let's Just Say" with Bernstein himself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zkO...
Further discussion of Charles Bernstein's "Lets Just Say"
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May 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New to ModPo—we discuss Charles Bernstein's poem "Let's Just Say" with Bernstein himself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zkO...
NEW video added to ModPoPLUS: Charles Bernstein comments on ModPo week 8 and ModPo in general — www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YeD...
Charles Bernstein comments on ModPo
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May 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NEW video added to ModPoPLUS: Charles Bernstein comments on ModPo week 8 and ModPo in general — www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YeD...
I gave the introductory chapter of my forthcoming book to a machine that makes podcasts from text. The result is not perfectly accurate but does give you a fair, informal sense of what I'm saying in the book. Listen here: media.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/Cro...
April 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I gave the introductory chapter of my forthcoming book to a machine that makes podcasts from text. The result is not perfectly accurate but does give you a fair, informal sense of what I'm saying in the book. Listen here: media.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/Cro...
90-min conversation with Gerry Fialka: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2b...
InnerViews#612 Al Filreis
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April 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
90-min conversation with Gerry Fialka: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2b...
In conversation with Nate Silver:
web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...
web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...
April 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In conversation with Nate Silver:
web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...
web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...
The newest episode of the PoemTalk podcast is now being released: it’s episode 207, in which Rae Armantrout, Julia Bloch, and Laynie Browne talk about two poems appearing in Rae’s recent book Go Figure.
jacket2.org/podcasts/wor...
PoemTalk is also available at Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
jacket2.org/podcasts/wor...
PoemTalk is also available at Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
April 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The newest episode of the PoemTalk podcast is now being released: it’s episode 207, in which Rae Armantrout, Julia Bloch, and Laynie Browne talk about two poems appearing in Rae’s recent book Go Figure.
jacket2.org/podcasts/wor...
PoemTalk is also available at Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
jacket2.org/podcasts/wor...
PoemTalk is also available at Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Gertrude Stein in Morocco: web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...
April 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Gertrude Stein in Morocco: web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...
Today we are releasing episode 206 of PoemTalk—a discussion of Lewis Warsh’s “Polar Night,” with Anselm Berrigan, Kate Colby, and Laynie Browne. Here is the link to the audio and the program notes at Jacket2 magazine: jacket2.org/podcasts/son... .
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today we are releasing episode 206 of PoemTalk—a discussion of Lewis Warsh’s “Polar Night,” with Anselm Berrigan, Kate Colby, and Laynie Browne. Here is the link to the audio and the program notes at Jacket2 magazine: jacket2.org/podcasts/son... .
Yesterday I had the pleasure of convening Ken Taylor (visiting from Chicago), Jordan Trice & Sophia DuRose to record an episode of PoemTalk about Ed Roberson.
March 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Yesterday I had the pleasure of convening Ken Taylor (visiting from Chicago), Jordan Trice & Sophia DuRose to record an episode of PoemTalk about Ed Roberson.
Herman Beavers! www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Herman Beavers! www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/...
We at the KWH & ModPo already keenly miss Pierre Joris. Over the years he & Nicole have been with us many times. A favorite interaction with Pierre was this free-wheeling discussion about Kurt Schwitters' w/ Pierre, Charles Bernstein & the late Jerry Rothenberg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3bZ...
February 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We at the KWH & ModPo already keenly miss Pierre Joris. Over the years he & Nicole have been with us many times. A favorite interaction with Pierre was this free-wheeling discussion about Kurt Schwitters' w/ Pierre, Charles Bernstein & the late Jerry Rothenberg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3bZ...