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 video, Safia Elhillo, author of Girls That Never Die (One World, 2022), Jos Charles, author of A Year & Other Poems (Milkweed Editions, 2022), and Sam Sax, author of Pig (Scribner, 2023), read a selection of their poems for this Beyond Baroque event in Venice, California.
Tags: Poetry | Safia Elhillo | Girls That Never Die | Jos Charles | A Year & Other Poems | sam sax | Pig | Beyond Baroque | reading | 2024 -
“For a time I believed / myself in love with Orpheus, which only meant I loved // what I could make if I were free from what happened to my body.” In this reading from the 2022 Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, Safia Elhillo reads “Orpheus” from her poetry collection Girls That Never Die (One World, 2022). For more from Elhillo, read her installment of our Ten Questions series.
Tags: Poetry | Safia Elhillo | Poetry International Festival | Rotterdam | Orpheus | Girls That Never Die | One World | 2022 | Ten Questions | reading -
Watch this recording of Greenlight Bookstore’s Poetry Salon event and book release party for Safia Elhillo’s Girls That Never Die (One World, 2022), hosted by Angel Nafis and featuring readings by Jay Deshpande, Shira Erlichman, and Ladan Osman. For more from Elhillo, read her installment of our Ten Questions series.
Tags: Poetry | Safia Elhillo | Girls That Never Die | One World | 2022 | Shira Erlichman | Jay Deshpande | Angel Nafis | Ladan Osman | Greenlight Bookstore | Ten Questions -
Hope Wabuke celebrates the book launch for her debut poetry collection, The Body Family (Haymarket Books, 2022), with special guests Safia Elhillo and Ladan Osman in this virtual reading and conversation moderated by Aricka Foreman. Wabuke is featured in Literary MagNet in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Hope Wabuke | The Body Family | Haymarket Books | 2022 | Safia Elhillo | Ladan Osman | Aricka Foreman | Literary MagNet | May/June 2022 -
“Back home we are plagued by a politeness / so dense even the doctors cannot call things / what they are…” Safia Elhillo narrates her poem “To Make Use of Water” from her collection, The January Children (University of Nebraska Press, 2017), for this animated TED-Ed film directed by Jérémie Balais and Jeffig Le Bars.
Tags: Poetry | Safia Elhillo | To Make Use of Water | The January Children | University of Nebraska Press | 2017 | TED-Ed | animation | short film