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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“Metaphors get under your skin by ghosting right past the logical mind.” In this animated TED-Ed video, poet Jane Hirshfield discusses the art and use of metaphors in our daily lives and in the works of Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Carl Sandburg.
Tags: Poetry | Jane Hirshfield | metaphor | TED-Ed | animation | short film | 2012 | Emily Dickinson | Langston Hughes | Carl Sandburg -
In 1960 Carl Sandburg, the poet, journalist, Lincoln biographer, and three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, appeared on CBS's “What’s My Line?” which ran from 1950 to 1967, the year Sandburg died.
Tags: Poetry | Pulitzer Prize | Carl Sandburg | What's My Line? | CBS | in memoriam
![What's My Line? - Carl Sandburg; Milton Berle; Nick Adams [panel] (Sep 11, 1960)](https://www.pw.org/files/styles/video_thumb_medium/public/media-oembed/i.ytimg.com/vi/GkJ2-rP78TU/hqdefault.jpg?itok=CRKRwP_1)