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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“I think there’s still a hunger for reading, for the print book, for something you hold in your hand and take with you,” says Emily Powell, owner and president of Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon, about the struggles independent bookstores face today in this CBS Saturday Morning interview with Michelle Miller.
Tags: Not Genre-Specific | Powell's Books | Emily Powell | CBS Saturday Morning | Portland, Oregon | booksellers | bookstore | 2022 -
“I had to confront the page, and at times it felt like I was staring directly at the heart and face of the Korean DMZ.” In this Powell’s Books virtual event, Joseph Han reads from his debut novel, Nuclear Family (Counterpoint, 2022), and speaks with author Gene Kwak about the process of writing a magical realist story and the ways in which every Korean American story is a ghost story. Han’s novel is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Joseph Han | Nuclear Family | Counterpoint Press | 2022 | Powell's Books | Gene Kwak | Page One | July/August 2022 -
“Fernando Pessoa in many ways was a writer of not so much his own time, but even more of a future time.” Translator and scholar Richard Zenith speaks about the life and work of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa collected in his new book, Pessoa: A Biography (Liveright, 2021), in this conversation with poet, editor, and translator Patricio Ferrari for Powell’s Books.
Tags: Poetry | Translation | Richard Zenith | Pessoa: A Biography | Liveright | 2021 | Fernando Pessoa | Patricio Ferrari | Powell's Books -
Ursula K. Le Guin reads from her novels The Dispossessed (Harper & Row, 1974) and Always Coming Home (Harper & Row, 1985) at Powell’s Books in 2010 in this video produced by pdxjustice Media Productions.
Tags: Fiction | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Dispossessed | Always Coming Home | Harper & Row | 2010 | Powell's Books | reading -
"What if there was a place just for book lovers?" Booklandia.TV is a new web video channel featuring author interviews, book reviews, literary news, and more. The channel is produced by the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication in Portland, Oregon in partnership with Powell's Books.
Tags: Booklandia.TV | Powell's Books | Portland, Oregon | Cross-Genre