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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“It’s an opportunity for a character, whose story could not have been told by [Mark] Twain, to have his story told.” In this short video, Percival Everett speaks about his novel James (Doubleday, 2024), a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. Everett won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for James.
Tags: Fiction | Percival Everett | James | Doubleday | novel | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | Pulitzer Prize | 2025 -
Mark Twain and Mary Baker Eddy, a film directed by and starring Val Kilmer as the great American author, will start pre-production in late 2010.
Tags: Not Genre-Specific | short film | Mark Twain | Mary Baker Eddy | Val Kilmer
