Theater video tags: May/June 2026

Minda Honey: The Heartbreak Years

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“It’s the women in my life who have held a steady glow for me.” In this video, Minda Honey reads from her memoir, The Heartbreak Years (Little A, 2023), and speaks about cultural expectations of women and long-term relationships with co-hosts Christina Fisanick and Damian Dressick for this event from the Writers Association of Northern Appalachia. For more from Honey, read “The Joy of the Tortured Artist: Why We Write, Even When We Hate to Write” featured in the May/June 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Jimin Han: Dreamt I Found You

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In this Books Are Magic event, Jimin Han reads from her novel Dreamt I Found You (Little, Brown, 2026) and talks about the book’s setting and the diversity of Korean American enclaves in New England in a conversation with Marie Myung-Ok Lee. For more from Han, read “A Win Right on Time: Contests for Older Writers” in the May/June 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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M Lin: The Memory Museum

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In this Free Library of Philadelphia event, M Lin reads from her debut story collection, The Memory Museum (Graywolf Press, 2026), and discusses how her background in film and art history shapes her writing in a conversation with ‘Pemi Aguda. Lin’s book is featured in Page One in the May/June 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Beyond Baroque Book Launch: Alan Chazaro

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In this Beyond Baroque event, poets David Quiroz and Joseph Rios join Alan Chazaro for a reading to celebrate the launch of his second collection, These Spaceships Weren’t Built for Us (Tia Chucha Press, 2026). For more from Chazaro, read the latest installment of Literary MagNet in the May/June 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Alia Hanna Habib: Take It From Me

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In this Green Apple Books event, literary agent Alia Hanna Habib reads from her guidebook, Take It From Me: An Agent’s Guide to Building a Nonfiction Writing Career From Scratch (Pantheon Books, 2026), and offers advice to aspiring writers in a conversation with Maia Ipp. Habib is featured in Agents & Editors in the May/June 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

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In this trailer for PBS’s American Masters documentary Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined, the life and work of the acclaimed Dominican American poet and novelist is explored through interviews, photographs, and archives. A profile of Alvarez about her new poetry collection, Visitations (Knopf, 2026), appears in the May/June 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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