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 One Book, One Chicago event, Tommy Orange discusses the importance of Native American voices, the intricate plotlines of his debut novel, There There (Knopf, 2018), and the historical roots of his forthcoming novel, Wandering Stars, in a conversation with Donna Seaman at the Chicago Public Library.
Tags: Fiction | Tommy Orange | There There | Wandering Stars | Knopf | Chicago Public Library | One Book, One Chicago | conversation | Donna Seaman | 2023 -
Justin Torres reads from his second novel, Blackouts (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), and joins Melissa Febos for a conversation in this event hosted by the Chicago Public Library and the Women & Children First bookstore. Torres won the 2023 National Book Award in fiction for Blackouts. (This video has been removed by its host.)
Tags: Fiction | Justin Torres | Blackouts | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Melissa Febos | Chicago Public Library | reading | conversation | National Book Award | 2023 -
“It seems like the ideas kind of find me, and oftentimes it’s an image, just one word or one smell or one setting, and it just won’t leave me alone,” says Erika L. Sánchez about her writing process and how her family’s storytelling influenced her in this 2020 virtual event for the Speak On It series hosted by the Chicago Public Library. Sánchez’s memoir, Crying in the Bathroom (Viking, 2022), is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Erika L. Sánchez | Crying in the Bathroom | Viking | 2022 | Chicago Public Library | Page One | July/August 2022 -
“The more words he knew the more clearly he could share with the world what he was thinking, feeling, and dreaming.” In this video, Barack and Michelle Obama join Chicago Public Library’s “Live From the Library” storytime session, to speak about their love of libraries and read The Word Collector (Orchard Books, 2018) written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.
