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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“It turns out that the universe is heavier than our initial calculations—some people call this extra weight dark matter.” This animated short film by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of the debut novel, Harmless Like You (Norton, 2017), explores connections between the physical weight of the universe and the human struggle for emotional well-being.
Tags: Fiction | Rowan Hisayo Buchanan | Harmless Like You | 2017 | W.W. Norton | animation | Tin House | Darkest Matter -
In celebration of Emily Dickinson's 184th birthday today, we share this collage of clips from films featuring her famous poems. The video accompanied a talk at the Emily Dickinson Museum with Jerome Charyn, author of the novel The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson (W.W. Norton, 2010) in 2011.
Tags: 2010 | 2011 | film | Emily Dickinson | Bill Murray | Emily Dickinson Museum | Jerome Charyn | The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson | W.W. Norton | Cross-Genre -
Traci Brimhall's poem "Jubilee," read by Dave Bonta, is enhanced with striking footage in this clip from Moving Poems. Brimhall is the author of Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton, 2012), which was selected for the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize.
Tags: reading | 2011 | 2012 | W.W. Norton | Traci Brimhall | Dave Bonta | Moving Poems | Our Lady of the Ruins | Barnard Women Poets Prize | Poetry -
PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown recently talked with Carolyn Forché, whose new anthology, Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English 1500-2001, published last month by W.W. Norton, contains the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. Forché calls the collection an "outcry of the soul."
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Authors Alison Bechdel, Terry Castle, and Joan Schenkar and editor Robert Weil talk about the influence of Patricia Highsmith, twenty-one of whose works are available in print and e-book from W.W. Norton.
Tags: interview | W.W. Norton | Patricia Highsmith | Alison Bechdel | Terry Castle | Joan Schenklar | Robert Weil | Fiction -
Watch this footage of wild turkeys attacking Michigan author Bonnie Jo Campbell, whose new novel, Once Upon a River, will be published next month by W. W. Norton. Then read Kevin Nance's profile of Campbell in the July/August issue.
Tags: W.W. Norton | July/August 2011 | Bonnie Jo Campbell | Once Upon a River | Fiction -
Sandra Beasley, author of the poetry collection I Was the Jukebox (W.W. Norton, 2010), offers a fortune-cookie guide to the ways of poetry.
