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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“Honestly I think that the reason his head was in my brain was because of that hair metal band Tesla...” Samantha Hunt reveals the inspiration behind her second novel, The Invention of Everything Else (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008), which fictionalizes the last days of inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla’s life. Hunt’s first story collection, The Dark Dark (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017), is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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“The way her voice sounded in the morning air made her turn around.” Edan Lepucki reads from her debut novel, California (Back Bay Books, 2015). Her second novel, Woman No. 17 (Hogarth, 2017), is featured in Page One in the May/June 2017 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Edan Lepucki | California | Woman No. 17 | Back Bay Books | Hogarth | Talks at Google | May/June 2017 | 2015 | 2017 -
"The whole thing surprised me." Philip Glass reflects on his career and the people who have influenced his life while discussing his new memoir, Words Without Music (Liveright, 2015), in this recent installment of the Talks at Google series.
Tags: 2015 | talk | Philip Glass | Words Without Music | Liveright | Talks at Google | Creative Nonfiction