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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“I’m trying to tell you that the world is beautiful.” Cynthia Manick reads from her poem “There Are No Unsacred Spaces,” which appears in her second collection, No Sweet Without Brine (Amistad, 2023), in this HarperCollins Studio video. Manick’s collection is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Cynthia Manick | No Sweet Without Brine | Amistad | HarperCollins | 2023 | reading | Page One | May/June 2023 -
“Once you can identify dehumanization, just breath can make a brick cage clumsy.” This short film for Motionpoems is an adaptation of Cynthia Manick's poem “Things I Carry Into the World” featuring four poets from Urban Word NYC: Esther Aloba, Nkosi Nkululeko, Makayla Posely, and Trace DePass.
Tags: short film | Motionpoems | 2016 | Nkosi Nkululeko | Urban Word NYC | Cynthia Manick | Esther Aloba | Makayla Posely | Trace DePass | Things I Carry Into the World | Poetry
