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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Collective Body Possum
In this video, Jess Arndt’s action text “Collective Body Possum” is performed by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife during their 2014 world tour. Arndt, whose debut story collection, Large Animals, was published in May by Catapult, is featured in “First Fiction 2017” in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Spoken Word | Jess Arndt | Collective Body Possum | Large Animals | Catapult | 2017 | First Fiction 2017 | July/August 2017 | performance -
Love and Shame and Love
“Upon moments like these, time never stops gnawing its little beaver teeth and the dialogue never stops even after we stop listening.” In this 2012 video, Peter Orner reads from his novel Love and Shame and Love (Little, Brown, 2011). His first essay collection, Am I Alone Here? Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live (Catapult, 2016), is featured in Page One in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Page One | Little, Brown | 2011 | 2016 | essay | November/December 2016 | Am I Alone Here? | Story Hour in the Library | Catapult | Peter Orner | Love and Shame and Love | UC Berkeley | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction
