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 2017 craft talk for Hugo House, Terrance Hayes reads from his book American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Penguin Books, 2018) and discusses the work and writing strategies of the late poet Lynda Hull.
Tags: Poetry | Terrance Hayes | Lynda Hull | craft talk | 2017 | Hugo House | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | Penguin Books | 2018 -
“The Portuguese have a word for haunting desire, for an imaginary, impossible, never-to-be experienced love: whoop-de-doo.” For the Hugo Literary Series, Téa Obreht, Eduardo C. Corral, and Quenton Baker share their poems and stories meditating on the theme of theft.
Tags: Poetry | Fiction | Hugo House | Téa Obreht | Eduardo C. Corral | Quenton Baker | Hugo Literary Series | reading | 2016 -
“Nothing makes me want to hurl a book across the room harder and faster than when the writer gives me a quick little emotional recap to make sure I’m keeping up.” For the Word Works series at Hugo House, Pam Houston, the author most recently of Contents May Have Shifted (Norton, 2012), delivers a lecture on crafting dialogue.
Tags: Fiction | Hugo House | Word Works | Pam Houston | dialogue | 2012 | 2014 | Contents May Have Shifted | Norton