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 Green Apple Books event, Nick Martino reads from his debut poetry collection, Scrap Book (Alice James Books, 2026), and discusses how he used different types of archival documents to explore how his father’s incarceration shaped his life in a conversation with Brian Tierney. Scrap Book is featured in Page One in the July/August 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Nick Martino | Scrap Book | Alice James Books | Brian Tierney | Green Apple Books | Page One | July/August 2026 -
In this video, Ricardo Hernandez, assistant director of Programs & Partnerships at Poets & Writers, hosts a celebratory reading by the 2025 poetry cohort of Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early career authors. Readers include Adedayo Agarau, Genevieve DeGuzman, Isabella DeSendi, Alison Lubar, Nick Martino, Yamini Pathak, mick powell, Maya Salameh, Kelsey L. Smoot, and Bernardo Wade. DeSendi’s debut collection, Someone Else’s Hunger (Four Way Books, 2025), is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
