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 Waterstones video, Sloane Crosley speaks about her second novel, Cult Classic (MCD, 2022), and offers her book recommendations, which include All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews and Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark. For more from Crosley, read her installment of our Ten Questions series.
Tags: Fiction | Sloane Crosley | Cult Classic | MCD | 2022 | Waterstones | Miram Toews | Muriel Spark | book recommendations | Ten Questions -
“The city erupts into a riot. The people chant, ‘Burn, baby, burn.’ The city is on fire.” In this video, A. G. Lombardo introduces his debut novel, Graffiti Palace (MCD Books, 2018), which is a retelling of The Odyssey set during the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles. Lombardo is featured in “5 Over 50” in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | A. G. Lombardo | Graffiti Palace | MCD | 2018 | 5 Over 50 Reads | November/December 2018 -
“Mom always went up the mountain and down the valley so I decide that’s what we’ll do too.” Lydia Kiesling, a 2018 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, reads from her debut novel, The Golden State (MCD, 2018), for the ZYZZYVA series at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco.
Tags: Fiction | Lydia Kiesling | The Golden State | MCD | 2018 | reading | ZYZZYVA | Green Apple Books | National Book Foundation | 5 Under 35 -
“My life is kind of like a novel in interconnected stories.” Sloane Crosley recounts the different jobs she’s had that have shaped her storytelling for Xerox’s Set the Page Free series. Her third essay collection, Look Alive Out There (MCD, 2018), is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Creative Nonfiction | Sloane Crosley | Look Alive Out There | MCD | 2018 | Page One | May/June 2018 -
“In Borne I’m really talking about how we interact with wildlife and animals in an urban space...” Jeff VanderMeer visits the landscapes of northern Florida that inspired his novel Borne (MCD, 2017) and his novels from the Southern Reach Trilogy.
Tags: Fiction | Jeff VanderMeer | FSG Originals | Southern Reach Trilogy | Borne | MCD | 2017