Al Filreis

Al Filreis
Filreis in 2016
Filreis in 2016
Born1956
Occupationprofessor
NationalityAmerican
Genrenon-fiction
Subjectliterary criticism
Literary movementPennSound

Al Filreis (born 1956) is the Kelly Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House,[1] and Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania.[2] With Charles Bernstein, he founded PennSound in 2003; PennSound is a large archive of recordings of poets reading their own poetry.[3] Filreis is also publisher of Jacket2 magazine[4] and host of a monthly podcast series called "PoemTalk",[5] a collaboration with the Poetry Foundation. Among his books are Stevens and the Actual World,[6] Modernism from Right to Left,[7] and Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-1960.[8]

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