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Bob Lucid, mentor: photo & 5-minute audio clip
The late Bob Lucid (Bob hired me, mentored me & later secured 3805 Locust Walk as a site for what become the Writers House) spoke in stunning, seemingly aimless periodic sentences. This photo was...
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Alumni Day/DeCurtis celebration: photos
Here are a few photos taken today at our Alumni Day open house and our event celebrating Anthony DeCurtis’s 20 years of teaching.
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A Mother’s Day note for Lois Filreis, 93 y.o.
In a few minutes I’ll connect by Facetime with my mom, Lois Filreis (now 93 y.o.). It’ll be our second convo of the day. This one will be about redoing access to some online account or other. I’m happy...
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“Notes toward a pedagogy of ModPo”
Published in the June 2023 issue of Marsh Hawk Press Review — my speculative essay, “Notes toward a Pedagogy of ModPo,” in which I attempt to understand what has been happening in ModPo in the last...
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A Polish poet writes directly into English: new poem series
Grzegorz Wróblewski’s new project: for the first time he writes directly into English. Take a look HERE and find out more.
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Video: on Primo Levi & forgiveness
David Roberts & I talked yesterday about Primo Levi, ‘The Periodic Table,’ and the problem of forgiveness—an interview for David’s terrific Substack series: https://robertsdavidn.substack.com/about...
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I interview Victor Bockris about the interview
Recently at the Kelly Writers House I interviewed Victor Bokris about the interview. HERE is a Daily Pennsylvanian article about the event. And HERE is the recording of the YouTube livestream. Bockris...
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Article marks the 200th episode of PoemTalk
Here’s a nice feature on PoemTalk — written on the occasion of the recording of our 200th episode: LINK “It’s such an honor. I have been a listener to ‘PoemTalk’ from the early days right up to the...
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Interview/conversation with poet Larry Price
New—an interview/conversation with poet Larry Price, moderated by me and Bill Fuller: https://jacket2.org/podcasts/larry-price ‘In this episode, poet Larry Price joins Al Filreis and William Fuller...
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