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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In this video, Safia Elhillo, author of Girls That Never Die (One World, 2022), Jos Charles, author of A Year & Other Poems (Milkweed Editions, 2022), and Sam Sax, author of Pig (Scribner, 2023), read a selection of their poems for this Beyond Baroque event in Venice, California.
Tags: Poetry | Safia Elhillo | Girls That Never Die | Jos Charles | A Year & Other Poems | sam sax | Pig | Beyond Baroque | reading | 2024 -
“Instead of scanning newspaper headlines, / I spend the morning reading names / of flowers and trees in the botanical garden.” Harryette Mullen reads a selection of poems from her collection Urban Tumbleweed: Notes From a Tanka Diary (Graywolf Press, 2013) at Beyond Baroque in this Poetry.LA video.
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Will Alexander reads the poem "The Neutralized Sore of the Unshackled Bear" from his first book, Vertical Rainbow Climber (Jazz Press, 1987), at a 2012 event at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California. Alexander is the 2016 recipient of the Jackson Poetry Prize, an annual Poets & Writers award currently in its tenth year.
Tags: reading | 2012 | 2016 | Will Alexander | 1987 | Beyond Baroque | Vertical Rainbow Climber | Jazz Press | The Neutralized Sore of the Unshackled Bear | Poetry
