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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We discuss Julia Vinograd's poem "Why I Write Poetry" with Ken Paul Rosenthal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-GZ...

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On Julia Vinograd's "Why I Write Poetry"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our newest ModPo video — a discussion with Marcella Durand about her poem "In my red apron" (2025). www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Ce...

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On Marcella Durand's "In my red apron"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

ModPo. Free & wide-open course. Happens all year. We're 142 people away from 100,000 participants. Join here: www.coursera.org/learn/modpo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

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...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Walter Lowenfels on Walt Whitman in 1969 — PennSound audio: jacket2.org/content/walt...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

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...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Dave Poplar & I discuss ModPo's TA-led office hours. Why you should join them! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ6L...

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ModPo: Dave Poplar & Al Filreis talk about ModPo office hours

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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.

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

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...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Our ModPoPLUS discussion of Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" on location: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRY...

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On Carl Sandburg's "Chicago"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We talk with Jerry Rothenberg about several passages of his prose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ug...

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On Jerome Rothenberg's Pre-Faces & Other Writings

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cla...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

last run of the year with my wonderful students

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Bob Holman performs his poem "A Beat & Beyond": www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOuJ...

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Bob Holman performs "A Beat and Beyond"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

We discuss Bernadette Mayer's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers": www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO-9...

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Further discussion of Mayer's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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"

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Further discussion of Barbara Guest's "20"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Here are our favorite lines from New York School poems: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLT...

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An anthology of favorite New York School lines

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

New ModPo video—a further discussion of Lyn Hejinian's "My Life": www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwkp...

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Further discussion of Lyn Hejinian's "My Life"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

New to ModPo—we discuss Charles Bernstein's poem "Let's Just Say" with Bernstein himself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zkO...

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Further discussion of Charles Bernstein's "Lets Just Say"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

NEW video added to ModPoPLUS: Charles Bernstein comments on ModPo week 8 and ModPo in general — www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YeD...

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Charles Bernstein comments on ModPo

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

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...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In conversation with Nate Silver: web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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.

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Gertrude Stein in Morocco: web.sas.upenn.edu/afilreis/202...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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... .

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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.

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

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...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

New ModPo video! We gathered a group at McGill University to talk about two poems by the little-known Montreal poet Barbara Althea Jones. www.youtube.com/watch?v=et_F...

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On Barbara Althea Jones's "Crystal Ball," "Hello — Sonnet," and "Academia"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The newest episode of PoemTalk is now out—a discussion of June Jordan’s two 1989 performances in the TV series “Poetry Spots” with Bob Holman (creator of that series), Herman Beavers, and Christy Davids. jacket2.org/podcasts/rad...

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I have something new out in MLQ. Free for 90 days. Get it while it's hot. Begins with @garthgreenwell.bsky.social's impeccable novel & ends with PoemTalk episode featuring @afilreis.bsky.social, @julivox.bsky.social, @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social, & Maxe Crandall. read.dukeupress.edu/modern-langu...

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Anthonyuplandpoetwatkins @anthonyupwatkins.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If you love education, continuing education, especially if you like poetry, but even if you dont, but you like stimulating conversation, i strongly encourage to follow prof Al Filres here: @afilreis.bsky.social, as well as visit modpo.org to find out how you canget a free ivy league education!

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Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) – A free, open, non-credit course led by Al Filreis at the University of Pennsylvania

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I’m delighted to announce that Ali Castleman, as of yesterday, is the first of the ModPo TAs to confirm that she will rejoin the ModPo team for ModPo 2025, which opens on August 30, 2025. Welcome back to Ali, one of the original TAs during ModPo’s first year, 2012!

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

New ModPo video, added today to ModPoPLUS—a discussion (in Montreal) of Lissa Wolsak's "lightsail": www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Vl...

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On Lissa Wolsak's lightsail

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

New to ModPo—a discussion of Horace Gregory writing about the suburbs during the Great Depression: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifgd...

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On Horace Gregory's "Interior: The Suburbs"

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

New ModPo video—on Kevin Davies's "Comp": www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Udc...

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On Kevin Davies's Comp.

YouTube video by ModPo

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Today we have released episode 204 of PoemTalk—in which Cristos Kalli, Jon Hoel, and Henry Steinberg discuss two poems in the Chorus for Survival series (1935) by Horace Gregory. jacket2.org/podcasts/emp...

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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

At this very moment (12/22/24 @ noon) I am $7,947 away from having raised $200,000 to help kids whose families need financial aid to have two weeks at camp next summer. That amount helps 66 children. Please, friends, everyone: please help. Here's the link: www.justgiving.com/page/frostva... .

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