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 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon video, the host reveals the return of the Fallon Book Club with a March Madness style bracket of sixteen books to vote for as a winner, including James (Doubleday, 2024) by Percival Everett, Wandering Stars (Knopf, 2024) by Tommy Orange, and Grief Is for People (MCD/FSG, 2024) by Sloane Crosley.
Tags: Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | The Tonight Show | Jimmy Fallon | James | Percival Everett | Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange | Grief Is for People | Sloane Crosley | 2024 -
“And I dreamed of our world, a spinning ball of confusion, heart-wrenching injustices…” Patti Smith reads a poem and performs a cover of Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush” in this video from the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Smith’s new memoir, Year of the Monkey, is out now from Knopf.
Tags: Poetry | Cross-Genre | Patti Smith | The Tonight Show | performance | Year of the Monkey | Knopf | 2019 -
“Most people have no idea that tragedy and silence often have the exact same address.” In this video, Rudy Francisco reads his poem “Complainers” from his debut poetry collection, Helium (Button Poetry, 2017), on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Tags: Poetry | Spoken Word | Rudy Francisco | The Tonight Show | Helium | Button Poetry | 2017 -
"And there were nights when I'd feel his stare..." In this video clip from 1981, Jimmy Stewart reads a poem about his dog on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Tags: Jimmy Stewart | The Tonight Show | Johnny Carson | Poetry