I really enjoyed Modern and Contemporary Poetry with Edmundson! His goal with the class is really just to get students to explore and appreciate poetry, and I got exactly what I wanted out of it. This is absolutely a discussion-based course, and once the class got more comfortable, it got a lot more interesting. Edmundson cares a lot about his students and about what he’s teaching, and he pushes those in his class to think critically without forcing them out of their comfort zone. Each class, you’re expected to read a few poems and write a couple sentences responding to a question (these assignments are sometimes, but not always, collected), and the assessments in the class are two poem identification quizzes and one 2000-word final paper on your favorite poet from the course. Overall, I’d absolutely recommend this class to anyone looking to dip their toes into poetry! Edmundson is great. #tCFF23