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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“The dark wood after the dark wood: the cold / after cold in April’s false November.” In this episode for the American Poem video series, Joseph Fasano travels to Alaska to meet local poets and reads Olena Kalytiak Davis’s poem “Corruptive,” as well as poems by John Haines and Mary Tallmountain.
Tags: Poetry | The American Poem | Joseph Fasano | Alaska | Olena Kalytiak Davis | John Haines | Mary Tallmountain | short film -
“Even if I were blind / I would know night by the noise it made...” In this installment of the Unamuno Poem Project, which presents pairings of poem recitations in English and Spanish, Paisley Rekdal’s poem “The Cry” is read by Joseph Fasano in English and Fernanda Martínez reads Jorge García’s translation in Spanish. A profile of Rekdal appears in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Paisley Rekdal | The Cry | Unamuno Poem Project | Joseph Fasano | Fernanda Martínez | Jorge García | May/June 2019 -
“Let them borrow the light from the blind. / Let them kiss your forehead, approached from every angle. / What is silence? Something of the sky in us.” Joseph Fasano reads an excerpt from Ilya Kaminsky’s new collection, Deaf Republic (Graywolf Press, 2019), for the American Poem video series. An interview with Kaminsky by Garth Greenwell appears in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Ilya Kaminsky | Deaf Republic | Graywolf Press | 2019 | March/April 2019 | Joseph Fasano | The American Poem -
“I am hovering over a 1950s America: chrome fins, picnic tables, hydroelectric power.” In this installment of Joseph Fasano’s Unamuno Poem Project, which presents pairings of poem recitations in English and Spanish, Kathleen Flenniken’s poem “Angel” is read by Clarissa Watson in English and Javier O’Donnell reads his translation in Spanish.
Tags: Poetry | Kathleen Flenniken | video poem | Angel | Unamuno Poem Project | 2018 | Javier O'Donnell | Clarissa Watson | Joseph Fasano