Poets & Writers Theater

“The more you know about the book, the better the book becomes,” says author Colm Tóibín about James Joyce’s iconic novel Ulysses in this Morgan Library & Museum video introducing their exhibition “One Hundred Years of James Joyce’s Ulysses,” which showcases printed books, manuscripts, letters, handwritten notes, and photographs from Joyce’s life and career.

“Etel Adnan was trained as an academic philosopher but found her voice as a poet.” Watch this video for “Etel Adnan: Light’s New Measure,” a current exhibition of the artist’s paintings, tapestries, and works on paper at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Adnan died at the age of ninety-six on November 14, 2021.

In this video, PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown tours an exhibit on Emily Dickinson at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City, where visitors can listen to readings of her poems, examine remnants of her life, and view handwritten manuscripts.