Theater video tags: July/August 2024

Reclamation Reading: Natalie Diaz, Craig Santos Perez, and Beth Piatote

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In this video, the University of California in Berkeley celebrates their Arts Research Center’s 2023 Poetry & the Senses program with a reading by Indigenous writers and program facilitators Beth Piatote, Natalie Diaz, and Craig Santos Perez on the theme of reclamation. Perez’s new collection, Call This Mutiny: Uncollected Poems (Omnidawn, 2024), is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

 

Summer Book Report 2024

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In this CBS Sunday Morning video, Washington Post book critic Ron Charles recommends books for the summer, including the novels Godwin by Joseph O’Neill (Pantheon, 2024), Same as It Ever Was (Doubleday, 2024) by Claire Lombardo, and Bear (Hogarth, 2024) by Julia Phillips, who is profiled in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Faylita Hicks: A Map of My Want

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In this Haymarket Books event, Faylita Hicks reads from her second poetry collection, A Map of My Want (Haymarket Books, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine. The event includes an introduction by Aricka Foreman and readings by Andrea Change, Billy Tuggle, Carmendy Tuggle, and Ruben Quesada.

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First Fiction 2024 Virtual Reading

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In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González introduces the five debut authors featured in “First Fiction 2024”: ’Pemi Aguda, author of Ghostroots (Norton, 2024); Jiaming Tang, author of Cinema Love (Dutton, 2024); Michael Deagler, author of Early Sobrieties (Astra House, 2024); Yasmin Zaher, author of The Coin (Catapult, 2024); and Gina María Balibrera, author of The Volcano Lovers (Pantheon, 2024).

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Poured Over: Julia Phillips on Bear

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, author Julia Phillips talks about the ferocity of sister relationships, themes of isolation and survival, and her second novel, Bear (Hogarth, 2024). A profile of Phillips by Renée H. Shea appears in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Gail Godwin: Getting to Know Death

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“That’s what gets me through now. I have curiosity about everything.” In this virtual interview for A Mighty Blaze hosted by Caroline Leavitt, author Gail Godwin talks about the experiences that shaped her latest memoir, Getting to Know Death: A Meditation (Bloomsbury, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Taiyon J. Coleman: Traveling Without Moving

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In this Moon Palace Books event in Minneapolis celebrating Taiyon J. Coleman’s debut essay collection, Traveling Without Moving: Essays From a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America (University of Minnesota Press, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine, the author reads with fellow Chicagoan writers April Gibson and Lester A. Batiste.

 

Nina Lohman: The Body Alone

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“Hybrid writing is realized. It is the form that a story needs to take on the page.” In this 1-Week Critique interview hosted by Matthew Schmidt, author Nina Lohman discusses her approach to hybrid writing and walks through drafts of her latest book, The Body Alone: A Lyrical Articulation of Chronic Pain (University of Iowa Press, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Tomas Moniz: All Friends Are Necessary

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In this Green Apple Books event in San Francisco, Tomas Moniz speaks with author Michelle Cruz Gonzales about writing during the pandemic and the strength of chosen family, a theme in his latest novel, All Friends Are Necessary (Algonquin Books, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

 

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Chigozie Obioma on Novel Writing

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In this episode of The Larry Arnn Show, Hillsdale College president Larry P. Arnn interviews author Chigozie Obioma who discusses his life in Nigeria, the inspiration behind his second novel, An Orchestra of Minorities (Little, Brown, 2019), and how the Classics inform his work. Obioma’s third novel, The Road to the Country (Hogarth, 2024), is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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