Horace Gregory on the suburbs
As the economic depression deepens in 1930, Horace Gregory publishes this poem in Poetry magazine:
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new poems & videos in ModPoPLUS for week 5
Here, below, are a number of poems and videos recently added to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 5: watch teachers discuss Lechlitner’s “Lines for an Abortionist’s Office”: LINK TO TRC VIDEO watch discussion of institutional religion & abortion rights in Lechlitner’s “Lines”: LINK TO VIDEO [OFFSITE COPY] read Naomi Replansky’s...
New ModPo video: on Naomi Repansky’s “An Inheritance”
New to ModPoPLUS (as we prepare for ModPo ’17’s opening next weekend): a video discussion of Naomi Replansky’s “An Inheritance,” to accompany a video of Naomi R. herself performing & discussing the poem. Here’s your direct link to the video inside the ModPo site (you must enroll in the course...
Naomi Replansky resources
Back in November 2016 I had the honor of presenting the 99-year-old poet Naomi Replansky at Kelly Writers House. Here I’ve selected three photos from the many taken during her visit. Click on a photo for a larger view. I am also and pleased to offer links to various Replansky...
On Naomi Replansky’s last poem ever
Today we are adding new materials to ModPo—on Naomi Replansky’s “On Not Writing.” This, according to Replansky herself (who is 99 years old as of this posting), is the last poem she will ever write, and, as the title suggests, is about that very cessation. The links below will work...
Al Filreis is Kelly Professor, Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House, Director of the Center
for Programs in Contemporary Writing, Co-Director of PennSound, and Publisher of Jacket2—all at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his books are Secretaries of the Moon,
Wallace Stevens & the Actual World, Modernism from Left to Right, and Counter-Revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-60. His new book is 
Founder/Faculty Director, 