Theater video tags: March/April 2024

Urayoán Noel Reads From the Letras Latinas Archive

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Poet, translator, and editor Urayoán Noel reads two poems from the Letras Latinas Oral History Project, an archive that began in 2005, in this Poets House video. For more about Letras Latinas, read this Q&A with director Francisco Aragón in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Hanif Abdurraqib on There’s Always This Year

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“It was good to write a book where I’m staring at time directly, in a very literal sense.” In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Hanif Abdurraqib talks about the unique writing process for his latest book, There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House, 2024), the power of nostalgia, and his life in Ohio. Abdurraqib’s new book is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Tommy Orange: Wandering Stars

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In this Politics and Prose event, award-winning author Tommy Orange reads from his second novel, Wandering Stars (Knopf, 2024), and discusses the musicality of language and the challenge of writing about trauma in a conversation with Kaveh Akbar. Wandering Stars is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Morgan Parker on Her First Book of Essays

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In this event hosted by the Free Library of Philadelphia, Morgan Parker discusses her debut essay collection, You Get What You Pay For (One World, 2024), and the challenges of writing about mental health in a conversation with Shantrelle Lewis. Parker’s book is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Jennifer Croft: The Extinction of Irena Rey

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In this New York Public Library event, Man Booker International Prize–winning translator Jennifer Croft discusses her debut novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey (Bloomsbury, 2024), in a conversation with Daniel Saldaña París. “I feel, as a translator, that I’m always on this mission of seeking an essence, a mysterious thing that can’t really be articulated...something I can capture and reconstitute in my language,” says Croft. Her novel is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Diane Seuss Presents Modern Poetry

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In this Left Bank Books virtual event, Diane Seuss reads from her new collection, Modern Poetry (Graywolf Press, 2024), and joins poet Jane Hilberry in a conversation about their fathers, writing practices, and friendship. Seuss is interviewed by Bianca Stone in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Megan Giddings and Emily Raboteau on Reading and Writing Our Climate Future

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In this 2023 Key West Literary Seminar event, Megan Giddings and Emily Raboteau discuss the ways in which they write about environmental justice and the climate crisis in a conversation with Nadege Green. Raboteau’s new book, Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “the Apocalypse” (Henry Holt, 2024), is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Sloane Crosley: Grief Is for People

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“Human beings are the only animals that experience denial.” In this Books Are Magic event, Sloane Crosley reads from her new book, Grief Is for People (MCD/FSG, 2024), and discusses her experience writing about loss in a conversation with Sigrid Nunez. A profile of Crosley by Kate Tuttle appears in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Curated Conversation(s): Francisco Aragón and Leo Boix

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Brent Ameneyro introduces this 2021 installment of transatlantic conversations between U.S. and U.K. Latinx poets featuring Francisco Aragón and Leo Boix for Curated Conversation(s): A Latinx Poetry Show, a collaboration between the Writer’s Center, Un Nuevo Sol, Poet Lore, and Letras Latinas. For more from Aragón, the director of Letras Latinas, read this Q&A from the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Amy Tan on Birds and Writing

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“Some people say fiction is all a lie. To me, fiction is one of the best ways we can learn truth.” In this Unban Coolies interview, Amy Tan talks about the importance of observation in her writing, identity and biodiversity, and how her interest in bird conversation inspired her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles (Knopf, 2024), which is featured in “The Written Image” in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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