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 Poets House video for their Hard Hat Reading series, Monica Youn reads from her collection Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016) and from A Woman’s Mourning Song (Writers & Readers, 1993) by the late bell hooks.
Tags: Poetry | Monica Youn | Blackacre | Poets House | Hard Hat Reading series | bell hooks | 2022 -
“There’s so many young people, the first time they start to think seriously about class, about sexuality, about gender, about identity, about vulnerability, about spirituality is through her work,” says Princeton University professor Imani Perry about the legacy of bell hooks in this PBS NewsHour video commemorating the influential critic, author, and feminist scholar and activist who died at the age of sixty-nine on December 15, 2021.
Tags: Poetry | Creative Nonfiction | bell hooks | Imani Perry | PBS NewsHour | 2021 | in memoriam