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 ABC News segment, Joshua Bennett talks about how his parents nurtured his interest in African American history leading him to write his new book, The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time (Little, Brown, 2026), which is featured in Page One in the March/April 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Creative Nonfiction | Joshua Bennett | The People Can Fly | Little, Brown | Page One | March/April 2026 | ABC News | interview -
In this Politics and Prose event, Anne Fadiman reads from her collection Frog: And Other Essays (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026) and discusses her career pivot from reportage to essays in a conversation with Isaac Arnsdorf. Fadiman’s book is featured in Page One in the March/April 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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In this Gays Reading podcast interview with host Jason Blitman, T Kira Madden talks about the events that led to writing her debut novel, Whidbey (Mariner Books, 2026), and how exploring different points of view of a crime offered new insights. A profile of Madden appears in the March/April 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | T Kira Madden | Whidbey | novel | Mariner Books | Gays Reading | podcast | interview | March/April 2026 -
This short film produced by Boa Editions and Hunger Media highlights the life and career of Lucille Clifton and how her work continues to influence and inspire the poetry community, including Boa’s Blessing the Boats Selections series. For more on the press’s work, read “Poetry to Save Us: Boa at 50” in the March/April 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Lucille Clifton | BOA Editions | short film | blessing the boats | independent presses | March/April 2026 | in memoriam -
In this 2022 event from UC Berkeley’s Lunch Poems series, Jake Skeets reads a selection of poems, some of which appear in his debut collection, Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers (Milkweed Editions, 2019). A Q&A with Skeets about his second collection, Horses (Milkweed Editions, 2026), appears in the March/April 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
