Classroom and the Crowd - Poetry and the Promise of Digital Community

In The Classroom and the Crowd, Al Filreis reflects on his decades of experience as a founder of participatory literary communities and teacher of online courses, demonstrating that student-centered education offers new possibilities for humane social networking.

About the author

Al Filreis is Kelly Family Professor of English, founding faculty director of the Kelly Writers House, director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, codirector of PennSound, and publisher of Jacket2 magazine, all at the University of Pennsylvania. His recent books include 1960: When Art and Literature Confronted the Memory of World War II and Remade the Modern (Columbia, 2021), and he is the host of the podcast PoemTalk.

Product details

• Authors: Al Filreis
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2025
• EAN: 9780231221580
• ISBN: 978-0-231-22158-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, EDUCATION / Distance, Open & Online Education, EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Educational strategies and policy, Open learning, home learning, distance education, Open learning, distance education