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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For this Pioneer Works event, Ben Lerner talks about how the instability of dialogue informed his latest novel, Transcription (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026), and the pros and cons of personal technology for youth growing up today in a conversation with New Yorker staff writer Alexandra Schwartz.
Tags: Fiction | Pioneer Works | Ben Lerner | Transcription | Alexandra Schwartz | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | interview | 2026 -
“I think a theme in both The Idiot and Either/Or is sort of a disappointment with philosophy.” Elif Batuman speaks about the themes in both her novels and the real-life inspiration behind her second novel, Either/Or (Penguin Press, 2022), in this conversation with author Joshua Jelly-Schapiro filmed at Pioneer Works in New York City.
Tags: Fiction | Elif Batuman | Pioneer Works | Either/Or | Penguin Press | 2022 | Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
