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 Big Think video, scholar and author Mary Beard talks about her excitement for Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey and why it’s a difficult work to translate. “[The Odyssey] is the most complicated postmodern epic you could ever imagine.”
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"Senatus Populusque Romanus." Cambridge historian Mary Beard gives a lecture at the 92nd Street Y based on her latest book, SPQR: A History of Rome (Liveright, 2015). Beard is a finalist for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in the nonfiction category.
