ModPo (modpo.org)
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ModPo is a free, open, non-credit online course in modern & contemporary U.S poetry. We are open all year. Go to modpo.org for more.
New video just now added to ModPoPLUS for week 3: a discussion of Eileen Tabios's poem "As If." www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSV...
On Eileen Tabios's "As If"
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June 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New video just now added to ModPoPLUS for week 3: a discussion of Eileen Tabios's poem "As If." www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSV...
We cite 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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June 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We cite our favorite lines from New York School poems: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLT...
We talk about Barbara Guest's brilliant poem "20": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk6L...
Further discussion of Barbara Guest's "20"
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June 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We talk about Barbara Guest's brilliant poem "20": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk6L...
The ModPo folks talk about 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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June 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The ModPo folks talk about Bernadette Mayer's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers": www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO-9...
ModPo people talk about Ginsberg's "Howl": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow-s...
Further discussion of Ginsberg's "Howl"
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June 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
ModPo people talk about Ginsberg's "Howl": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow-s...
T. de los Reyes has been a ModPo citizen since the very beginning! We all love T.! Her passion project, "Read a Little Poetry," turns 20 yrs old this coming summer. Check it out: readalittlepoetry.com
Read A Little Poetry
Read A Little Poetry is a passion project that holds poets to the light side-by-side personal experiences of joy, loss, grief, and more.
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June 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
T. de los Reyes has been a ModPo citizen since the very beginning! We all love T.! Her passion project, "Read a Little Poetry," turns 20 yrs old this coming summer. Check it out: readalittlepoetry.com
New to ModPo—a discussion of M. NourbeSe Philip's "Discourse on the Logic of Language." This video was filmed at the Word Bookstore in Montreal and features Kate Colby, Laynie Browne, Sophia DuRose and Hoa Nguyen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsm9...
On M. NourbeSe Philip's "Discourse on the Logic of Language"
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May 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New to ModPo—a discussion of M. NourbeSe Philip's "Discourse on the Logic of Language." This video was filmed at the Word Bookstore in Montreal and features Kate Colby, Laynie Browne, Sophia DuRose and Hoa Nguyen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsm9...
All the ModPo resources on/about Bernadette Mayer right here: modpo.org/explore/?art...
May 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
All the ModPo resources on/about Bernadette Mayer right here: modpo.org/explore/?art...
Alice Notley at ModPo: modpo.org/explore/?art...
May 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Alice Notley at ModPo: modpo.org/explore/?art...
May 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today we are releasing episode 208 of PoemTalk, a special forum in tribute to the late Tyrone Williams—a discussion of his poem “Charon on the Potomac” featuring Erica Hunt, Simone White, and Aldon Nielsen.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Today we are releasing episode 208 of PoemTalk, a special forum in tribute to the late Tyrone Williams—a discussion of his poem “Charon on the Potomac” featuring Erica Hunt, Simone White, and Aldon Nielsen.
jacket2.org/podcasts/vai...
jacket2.org/podcasts/vai...
New ModPo video—during our live webcast in Montreal we discussed Gertrude Stein's "Water Raining": www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fj...
Further Discussion of Stein's "Water Raining"
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May 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
New ModPo video—during our live webcast in Montreal we discussed Gertrude Stein's "Water Raining": www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fj...
We talk about Erica Hunt's poem "Reader we were meant to meet": www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0t8...
Further Discussion of Hunt's "Reader we were meant to meet"
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May 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We talk about Erica Hunt's poem "Reader we were meant to meet": www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0t8...
New ModPo video on Ginsberg's "Howl" featuring Bob Holman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow-s...
Further discussion of Ginsberg's "Howl"
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May 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New ModPo video on Ginsberg's "Howl" featuring Bob Holman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow-s...
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 5:56 PM
New to ModPo—we discuss Charles Bernstein's poem "Let's Just Say" with Bernstein himself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zkO...
@afilreis.bsky.social 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 Al is saying in the book. Listen here: media.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/Cro...
April 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
@afilreis.bsky.social 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 Al is saying in the book. Listen here: media.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/Cro...
New ModPo video: further discussion of Ruth Lechlitner's "Lines for an Abortionist's Office": www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca59...
Further Discussion of Lechlitner's "Lines for an Abortionist's Office"
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April 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New ModPo video: further discussion of Ruth Lechlitner's "Lines for an Abortionist's Office": www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca59...
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.
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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 2:28 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 4:21 PM
Gertrude Stein in Morocco: web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...
What are some social & political contexts for chance-based/aleatory poetry? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfmF...
Does Aleatory Poetry Arise from a Social/Political Context?
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March 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What are some social & political contexts for chance-based/aleatory poetry? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfmF...
Anthony Watkins has written a guide: "How to Do ModPo." See this: modpo.org/2025/03/29/h...
March 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Anthony Watkins has written a guide: "How to Do ModPo." See this: modpo.org/2025/03/29/h...
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 2:30 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... .