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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“When you can articulate the shape of the monster before you, it all of a sudden becomes a lot less intimidating.” In this video from PBS’s Articulate, author Tochi Onyebuchi talks about how writing helps him process rage and hopelessness, and “organize the universe.”
Tags: Fiction | Tochi Onyebuchi | PBS | Articulate | interview | 2021 -
“This is how the past interrupts our lives, all of it entering the same doorway…” In this clip from PBS’s Articulate, former poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey reads her poem “Letter to Inmate #271847.” An interview by Joshunda Sanders with Trethewey about her new book, Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir (Ecco, 2020), is featured in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.