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 Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast episode hosted by Miwa Messer, author Laila Lalami talks about the quickly evolving nature of surveillance technology and how a conversation with her husband about data privacy led her to write her novel The Dream Hotel (Pantheon, 2025).
Tags: Fiction | Laila Lalami | The Dream Hotel | Pantheon | novel | Poured Over | podcast | interview | Miwa Messer | 2025 -
“When you start writing, you start from your own readings.” Moroccan author Yassin Adnan speaks about how writing begins with reading and discusses the seeds of his first novel, Hot Maroc (Syracuse University Press, 2021,) in this virtual event with translator Alexander E. Elinson and author Laila Lalami, hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company.
Tags: Fiction | Translation | Yassin Adnan | Hot Maroc | Syracuse University Press | 2021 | Moroccan | Alexander E. Elinson | Laila Lalami | Elliott Bay Book Company -
“There is a particular contract that gets established between reader and writer.” Laila Lalami, whose novel The Moor’s Account (Pantheon, 2014) is longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, discusses the intricacies and differences in writing fiction and nonfiction.
Tags: Fiction | interview | Man Booker Prize | Pantheon | Laila Lalami | The Moor’s Account
