We discuss Julia Vinograd's poem "Why I Write Poetry" with Ken Paul Rosenthal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-GZ...
On Julia Vinograd's "Why I Write Poetry"
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Al Filreis
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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.
Our newest ModPo video — a discussion with Marcella Durand about her poem "In my red apron" (2025). www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Ce...
On Marcella Durand's "In my red apron"
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ModPo. Free & wide-open course. Happens all year. We're 142 people away from 100,000 participants. Join here: www.coursera.org/learn/modpo
Today we are releasing episode #218 of PoemTalk — a discussion of George Economou’s long poem “Ameriki” with George Fragopoulos, Chloe Tsolakoglou, and Christos Kalli. jacket2.org/podcasts/one...
Philly people: do you know a young person who might be a good candidate to be our city's next Youth Poet Laureate? If so, please encourage them to apply: libwww.freelibrary.org/blog/post/5644
Blog: Are You Philadelphia's Next Youth Poet Laureate?
Are you a creative, engaged student who is passionate about writing and performing poetry? Are you equally passionate about working with other students and the community to bring more poetry to…
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There's so much on (and of) Gertrude Stein in ModPo, including some new materials. See it all, in one glance, here: modpo.org/explore/?art...
Just out—this interview with me about my hopes for digital pedagogy: www.buzzsprout.com/1073776/epis...
Dr. Al Filreis Talks Pedagogy, Poetry, and the Promise of Digital Community - Conceptually Speaking
In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Al Filreis, the Kelly Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty director of the Kelly Writers House, and the creator of ModPo—a...
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Dave Poplar & I discuss ModPo's TA-led office hours. Why you should join them! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ6L...
ModPo: Dave Poplar & Al Filreis talk about ModPo office hours
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ModPo's coordinator Laynie Browne & I are thrilled to announce that these TAs will join us for ModPo 2026: Jake Marmer, Gabi Ojeda-Sagué, Jordan Trice, Ali Castleman, Sophia DuRose, erica kaufman, Kate Colby, Gabrielle Woolley & Dave Poplar.
Today we release PoemTalk #216—in which Claire Marie Stancek, Sarah Riggs, and Laynie Browne talk about a poem by the late Etel Adnan. The poem is “Return from London,” and it was translated by our own Sarah Riggs. jacket2.org/podcasts/imp...
Our ModPoPLUS discussion of Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" on location: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRY...
On Carl Sandburg's "Chicago"
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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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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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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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On Eileen Myles's meta-poem "Writing": www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBHt...
Further discussion of Myles's "Writing"
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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"
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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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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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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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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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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...
