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 Villanova University Literary Festival event, Victoria Chang reads from her poetry collections Obit (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) and With My Back to the World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), and speaks about her ekphrastic poems and the power of writing in conversation with other artists and people in her life.
Tags: Poetry | Villanova University | Victoria Chang | Obit | With My Back to the World | Copper Canyon Press | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | reading | lecture | 2025 -
“This year I turned my back to the world. I let language face // the front. The parting felt like a death.” In this About the Authors TV video, Victoria Chang speaks about her award-winning collection, Obit (Copper Canyon Press, 2020), and reads a poem from her new collection, With My Back to the World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), which engages with the paintings and writings of Agnes Martin.
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In this World Poetry Salon series event presented by Limelight Poetry and the New York Public Library, Victoria Chang reads a selection of poems from her books, including Obit (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) and With My Back to the World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), with musical accompaniment by yuniya edi kwon, and discusses the power of collaboration across form and genre in a conversation with Patricio Ferrari.



