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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“Could prose be an act of resistance against poetry?” In this video from the Academy of American Poets’ Poets Forum 2014, Toi Derricotte, author of The Undertaker's Daughter (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011), discusses experiences with form in her writing.
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Kenneth Patchen's poem "A Biography of Southern Rain" is read over Billie Holiday's "Stormy Weather" in this moody video featuring some of the late poet's visual work. For more about Patchen's painted books, silk-screened broadsides, and "picture-poems," read The Written Image in the current issue.