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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“There is no perfect ethical status/identity that you exist in.” Zadie Smith and Jeffrey Eugenides discuss their own approaches to writing and what they've learned from their experiences at the 2016 New Yorker Festival.
Tags: talk | New Yorker Festival | Zadie Smith | Jeffrey Eugenides | 2016 | Swing Time | Middlesex | Fiction -
"The promise and the danger of a short story is that it can be perfect." At the 2013 New Yorker Festival, Junot Díaz and Karen Russell speak about the unique challenges of writing short stories.
Tags: talk | Karen Russell | 2013 | Junot Díaz | New Yorker Festival | short story | Willing Davidson | Fiction -
Actor Steve Martin interviews the author and cartoonist about her start as a staff cartoonist at the New Yorker. Chast won the Kirkus Prize in nonfiction for her graphic memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Bloomsbury, 2014).
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New Yorker editor David Remnick talks with Ian Frazier, whose new book, Travels in Siberia, was published earlier this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The conversation took place at the New Yorker Festival on October 3.