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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“When, under summer stars, you have built a cabin in the wilderness....” In this New Mexico in Focus interview, U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze reads his poem “Anvil,” which appears in his collection Into the Hush (Copper Canyon Press, 2025), and his translation of Tao Qian’s poem “Drinking Wine,” which appears in the anthology Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, 2026) edited by Sze.
Tags: Poetry | Translation | Arthur Sze | New Mexico in Focus | Into the Hush | Transient Worlds | Tao Qian | Copper Canyon Press | reading | 2026 -
“When the time of your life is a time of earthquakes.” In this PBS NewsHour interview, Arthur Sze reads from his latest collection, Into the Hush (Copper Canyon Press, 2025), and talks about his life and work, including his discoveries while translating literature. Sze has been named the twenty-fifth poet laureate of the United States.
