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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“There’s always going to be something to say about the push-pull that New York City exerts on its inhabitants,” says Sari Botton, editor of the revised edition of Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York (Seal Press, 2021), in this Books Are Magic virtual event with author Isaac Fitzgerald and contributors to the anthology Leslie Jamison, Lisa Ko, Emily Raboteau, and Rosie Schaap.
Tags: Creative Nonfiction | Goodbye to All That | Seal Press | 2021 | essay | anthology | Sari Botton | Leslie Jamison | Lisa Ko | Emily Raboteau | Rosie Schaap | Books Are Magic | reading | Isaac Fitzgerald -
On Nashville Public Television’s A Word on Words, Lisa Ko speaks about her debut novel, The Leavers (Algonquin Books, 2017), which is longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award in fiction.
Tags: Fiction | Lisa Ko | The Leavers | Algonquin Books | 2017 | A Word on Words | July/August 2017 | First Fiction 2017 | National Book Award -
“Whenever I’m writing, I’m really just sort of responding to questions that I’m asking, so it’s both reflecting and kind of shaping my life at the time.” In this Green Apple Books event, Lisa Ko reads from her latest novel, Memory Piece (Riverhead Books, 2024), and discusses the importance of writing about friendship, art-making, and collective history in a conversation with R. O. Kwon.
Tags: Fiction | Lisa Ko | Memory Piece | Riverhead Books | R. O. Kwon | Green Apple Books