Theater video tags: September/October 2025

“Communication is so important.” In this 2013 TEDx Talk, Rachel Kolb speaks about the value of communication and language, and the misconceptions about deafness. Kolb’s debut memoir, Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice (Ecco Press, 2025), is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

In this video, Ricardo Hernandez, assistant director of Programs & Partnerships at Poets & Writers, hosts a celebratory reading by the 2025 poetry cohort of Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early career authors. Readers include Adedayo Agarau, Genevieve DeGuzman, Isabella DeSendi, Alison Lubar, Nick Martino, Yamini Pathak, mick powell, Maya Salameh, Kelsey L. Smoot, and Bernardo Wade. DeSendi’s debut collection, Someone Else’s Hunger (Four Way Books, 2025), is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

In this Politics and Prose event, Kevin Young reads from his latest poetry collection, Night Watch (Knopf, 2025), and discusses the importance of place, both for his life and his writing, in a conversation with Steve Lickteig. Night Watch is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

In this Books Are Magic video, Amanda Hess reads from her debut memoir, Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age (Doubleday, 2025), and speaks with Wesley Morris about her experiences using the internet for information and support during her pregnancy. Hess is featured in “The New Nonfiction 2025” in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.