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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“This is where our story as Black Americans begins.” Watch the trailer for The 1619 Project, a six-part Hulu docuseries adaptation of the book of the same name hosted by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Tags: Creative Nonfiction | The 1619 Project | documentary | Hulu | docuseries | 2023 | Nikole Hannah-Jones | New York Times -
“Every community on earth should wish they had a Zora Hurston.” In this short 2008 New York Times documentary by Damien Cave and Diana Oliva Cave, locals of Eatonville, Florida discuss their relationship with renowned author Zora Neale Hurston and the impact she had in saving the town’s future.
Tags: Fiction | Zora Neale Hurston | New York Times | documentary | Eatonville | Florida | 2008 -
“Fiction has the ability to expand people’s points of view, and also to have the contradictions...” In this video, Min Jin Lee answers questions from readers about her novel Pachinko (Grand Central Publishing, 2017) for PBS NewsHour’s Now Read This book club, a partnership with the New York Times.
Tags: Fiction | Min Jin Lee | Pachinko | Grand Central Publishing | 2017 | PBS NewsHour | Now Read This | New York Times -
“I don’t think I could’ve happily stayed here in the world if I did not have a way of thinking about it, which is what writing is for me.” In this New York Times video, Toni Morrison speaks about what motivates her to keep writing. Morrison’s new novel, God Help the Child (Knopf, 2015), is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | 2015 | Knopf | Page One | talk | May/June 2015 | Toni Morrison | God Help the Child | New York Times -
The best-selling author of eleven books, including A Writer's Life (Knopf, 2006), a former reporter for the New York Times, and the father of The New Journalism, Gay Talese is also one of the best-dressed writers around. Check out this video of the elegent author by Jake Davis, and while you're at it, watch the latest episode of the web series Put This On, which features an interview with Talese.
Tags: Knopf | A Writer's Life | 2006 | Gay Talese | New York Times | Creative Nonfiction