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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Eirinie Carson talks about her debut memoir, The Dead Are Gods (Melville House, 2023), which was inspired by the sudden loss of a close friend, in this conversation with author Savala Nolan at the Booksmith bookstore in San Francisco. Carson is featured in “The New Nonfiction 2023” in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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“Some people wore their difference honestly, but my parents were liars,” reads Sarah Manguso from her first novel, Very Cold People (Hogarth, 2022), in this virtual reading event for The Booksmith with author Heidi Julavits. For more from Manguso, read her installment of Ten Questions.
Tags: Fiction | Sarah Manguso | Very Cold People | Hogarth | 2022 | Booksmith | Heidi Julavits | Ten Questions -
This virtual event, hosted by Booksmith in San Francisco, celebrates the release of ZYZZYVA’s Spring 2021 Technology Issue with readings by contributors Juhea Kim, Troy Jollimore, Lee Conell, and William Brewer, and a reading by Alex Torres of a short story by the late Anthony Veasna So.
Tags: Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | ZYZZYVA | Booksmith | 2021 | Juhea Kim | Troy Jollimore | Lee Conell | William Brewer | Alex Torres | Anthony Veasna So
