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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Yaa Gyasi and Zadie Smith speak with Courtney Martin about representation and risks in writing, the power of fiction to invoke curiosity and transform behavior, issues of history and identity, and their current projects at the 2018 Obama Foundation Summit.
Tags: Fiction | Yaa Gyasi | Zadie Smith | Courtney Martin | Homegoing | Knopf | 2016 | 2018 | interview | panel | Obama Foundation Summit -
“I wanted it to be very clear, all of the ways that slavery has come to leave a lasting legacy on American history, on Ghanaian history, and on many other countries’ histories.” Yaa Gyasi joins host Shad on CBC Radio to speak about exploring slavery and history through the individual characters in her debut novel, Homegoing (Knopf, 2016). Gyasi is featured in "First Fiction 2016" in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine and can be heard in the eighth episode of Ampersand: The Poets & Writers Podcast.
Tags: Knopf | Ampersand | 2016 | First Fiction 2016 | July/August 2016 | Yaa Gyasi | Homegoing | Fiction -
"One thing that I had always wanted for this book was that by the time you got to the end of it, you couldn't say that you didn't understand why black people in America are the way they are, or why they might feel the things that they feel—you get to see exactly what steps have led to the current state of racial tension in America." Read more about Yaa Gyasi in "First Fiction 2016" in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine and hear her read from her debut novel, Homegoing (Knopf, 2016), on Ampersand: The Poets & Writers Podcast.
Tags: Knopf | Ampersand | 2016 | First Fiction 2016 | July/August 2016 | Yaa Gyasi | Homegoing | Fiction -
“There was no drinking gourd, no spiritual soothing enough to mend a broken spirit.” Yaa Gyasi reads from her debut novel, Homegoing (Knopf, 2016), for the Harvard Book Store's New Voices in Fiction series.
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At Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., Yaa Gyasi speaks about her debut novel, Homegoing (Knopf, 2016), with Dolen Perkins-Valdez, and how a visit to the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana inspired the book.
Tags: Knopf | Politics and Prose Bookstore | 2016 | First Fiction 2016 | July/August 2016 | Yaa Gyasi | Homegoing | Dolen Perkins-Valdez | Fiction