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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"The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story." In this TED-Ed animated video, author Nalo Hopkinson highlights examples from Kelly Link and Tiphanie Yanique, and shares ideas on how to get readers immersed into stories that engage the senses.
Tags: animation | Kelly Link | TED-Ed | Nalo Hopkinson | Tiphanie Yanique | Fiction -
In this video, Kaiama L. Glover, associate professor at Barnard College, discusses Caribbean Feminisms on the Page, an event series featuring conversations with writers from the Caribbean. Glover’s translation from the French of René Depestre’s novel Hadriana in All My Dreams (Akashic Books, 2017) is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Kaiama L. Glover | Tiphanie Yanique | Jamaica Kincaid | translation | Page One | May/June 2017 | Akashic Books | 2017 | René Depestre | Hadriana in All My Dreams | Barnard College -
Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers Magazine, leads a conversation with Edward Hirsch, Tayari Jones, Victor LaValle, Roxana Robinson, and Tiphanie Yanique about the personal, political, and professional reasons we choose to write while living in a culture, a family, or a community that doesn’t always value what we do.
Tags: Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | 2014 | Tayari Jones | Edward Hirsch | Victor LaValle | Tiphanie Yanique | #pwlive | New York City: Literary Agents | Roxana Robinson
