Poets & Writers Theater
Every day we share a new clip of interest to creative writers—author readings, book trailers, publishing panels, craft talks, and more. So grab some popcorn, filter the theater tags by keyword or genre, and explore our sizable archive of literary videos.
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Watch the trailer for the theatrical adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical The Color Purple, based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Directed by Blitz Bazawule with a screenplay by poet and playwright Marcus Gardley, the film stars Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, and Taraji P. Henson.
Tags: Fiction | The Color Purple | Alice Walker | musical | film adaptation | movie trailer | 2023 | Marcus Gardley | Blitz Bazawule -
“I met Muriel at Sarah Lawrence in 1963.” In this short film produced for the 2014 Ashfield Film Festival, renowned author Alice Walker talks about her friendship with Muriel Rukeyser and her influence as a poet. “It’s because of poets like Muriel that some people do survive as whole,” says Walker.
Tags: Poetry | Fiction | Alice Walker | Muriel Rukeyser | Ashfield Film Festival | 2014 -
At OneLife Institute’s World Peace Day event, Alice Walker reads “Loving Oakland” from her tenth poetry collection, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart (37 INK, 2018), which is featured in Page One in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Alice Walker | Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart | Loving Oakland | 37 INK | 2018 | Page One | November/December 2018 -
In honor of Black History Month, the folks at Open Road Media put together this collection of interviews in which authors such as Henry Louis Gates Jr., Virginia Hamilton, Alice Walker, and others discuss the significance of storytelling as part of African American culture.
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Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, N. K. Jemisin, Virginia Hamilton, and David Halberstam discuss the legacy and contributions of African American writers to the Western canon in this video from Open Road Media.
Tags: Open Road Media | Alice Walker | Ishmael Reed | N. K. Jemisin | Virginia Hamilton | David Halberstam | Fiction -
Authors Michael Chabon, Alice Walker, Robert Munsch, Noah Gordon, Robert McCammon, and even William Shatner sing the praises of e-readers in this short video from Open Road Media. Chabon even goes so far as to say, "Having an e-reader broadens the possibilities for the life of a reader."
Tags: Michael Chabon | Open Road Media | Alice Walker | e-readers | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction -
In this new video from Open Road Media, bestselling authors Alice Walker, Erica Jong, and Alix Kates Shulman talk about their work advocating for women, writing about women, and exploring stories about the female experience.
Tags: Erica Jong | Open Road Media | Alice Walker | Alix Kates Shulman | Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction -
"So in the end you can't even really regret your misfortunes—because they led you somewhere," says Alice Walker in this retrospective video from Open Road Media, which recently released Walker's work, including The Color Purple, in digital form.
Tags: Open Road Media | The Color Purple | Alice Walker | Poetry | Fiction