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 CBS Sunday Morning video, correspondent Conor Knighton reports on how public libraries across the country are renovating and evolving beyond acting as repositories for books and becoming innovative community centers that meet the many needs of their patrons.
Tags: Not Genre-Specific | CBS Sunday Morning | library | public library | community center | 2023 -
In this CBS Sunday Morning interview, renowned Chilean author Isabel Allende discusses her family history, the inspiration behind her courageous and passionate characters, and her latest novel, The Wind Knows My Name (Ballantine Books, 2023), translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle.
Tags: Fiction | Translation | Isabel Allende | CBS Sunday Morning | The Wind Knows My Name | Ballantine Books | 2023 | interview -
In this CBS Sunday Morning video, correspondent Martha Teichner speaks with the founders of the activist group Moms for Liberty, library officials, a teacher removed from her classroom for giving her students access to banned books, and Art Spiegelman, the author of Maus, about the fight over banning books. This week, the American Library Association released its annual list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books.
Tags: Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | CBS Sunday Morning | banned books | book banning | American Library Association | censorship | reading | 2023 -
“I travel across America twice a year making lots of stops along the way, and each time the country feels a little different.” In this CBS Sunday Morning video, author and satirist David Sedaris comments on recent word choices he finds irritating.
Tags: Creative Nonfiction | David Sedaris | CBS Sunday Morning | humor | satire | 2023 -
In this CBS Sunday Morning video, Reginald Dwayne Betts speaks about founding Freedom Reads, a nonprofit organization that designs, builds, and places mobile libraries in prison housing units. For more, read “Freedom Reads” in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Reginald Dwayne Betts | CBS Sunday Morning | 2022 | Freedom Reads | incarcerated | library | books | November/December 2022 -
In this CBS Sunday Morning video, David Begnaud interviews Teddy Droseros, who began a project leaving journals in coffee shops and classrooms around the country for people to write down what they were grateful for and has collected entries and created a book with hundreds of messages of gratitude.
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“To me, reading becomes a lot more palatable if young people realize that the stories, the books that exist within them are as valuable as the books that exist on the outside of them.” In this CBS Sunday Morning interview, Jane Pauley speaks to Jason Reynolds, award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, about lifting up children through storytelling, his journey as a writer, and the importance of friendship.
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“Suddenly I wasn’t thinking about my mom losing her hair, or my mom losing weight, I was thinking about us in Korea eating patbingsu,” says Michelle Zauner in this CBS Sunday Morning interview about her best-selling memoir, Crying in H Mart (Knopf, 2021), and finding comfort in the Korean-owned supermarket chain after losing her mother to cancer.
Tags: Creative Nonfiction | Michelle Zauner | Crying in H Mart | Knopf | 2021 | memoir | CBS Sunday Morning | Lunar New Year | 2022 -
In this CBS Sunday Morning video, Washington Post book critic Ron Charles gives his book report on new recommendations for the summer, including Sanjena Sathian’s debut novel, Gold Diggers (Penguin Press, 2021), Great Circle (Knopf, 2021) by Maggie Shipstead, and The Man Who Lived Underground (Library of America, 2021) by the late Richard Wright, which is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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“I just felt this deep need to express myself.... I had a strong desire to understand and to express that understanding.” In this CBS Sunday Morning interview, Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about the purpose of his writing and how the music of Marvin Gaye influences the language in his work. Coates’s debut novel, The Water Dancer (One World, 2019), is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Water Dancer | One World | 2019 | writing process | CBS Sunday Morning | interview | Page One | September/October 2019 -
In this 2002 CBS Sunday Morning interview with Martha Teichner, Salman Rushdie discusses living in New York City, his upbringing in India and England, and the controversy over his 1988 award-winning novel, The Satanic Verses.
Tags: Fiction | Salman Rushdie | Martha Teichner | CBS Sunday Morning | The Satanic Verses | 2002 | interview