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 discussion hosted by the University of Southern California, Elaine Hsieh Chou talks about playing with surrealism and absurdism in her new short story collection, Where Are You Really From (Penguin Press, 2025), and reflects on the impact of her debut novel, Disorientation (Penguin Books, 2022), in a conversation with Dr. Dorinne Kondo.
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“The coyotes are on the beach / vacuuming tonight’s terrible light with their eyes,” reads Natalie Diaz from her poem “Colony” in this virtual reading and conversation for the Boudreaux Visiting Writer Series at the University of Southern California.
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In this video produced by the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering, professors and students weigh in on whether artificial intelligence has the capacity to write poetry. David St. John, author of The Last Troubadour: New and Selected Poems (Ecco, 2017), and Shakespeare scholar Bruce Smith speak on behalf of human poets.
