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 Live From NYPL event, Stephanie Burt discusses the work of editing Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry After Stonewall (Belknap Press, 2025), an anthology of fifty-one poems with essays by Burt, in a conversation with David Groff, along with poets Marisa Crawford, Mark Doty, Marilyn Hacker, and Jee Leong Koh reading and discussing their poems. The anthology is featured in “The LGBTQ+ Literary Resistance” in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Stephanie Burt | Super Gay Poems | Belknap Press | David Groff | Jee Leong Koh | Marisa Crawford | Marilyn Hacker | Mark Doty | anthology | queer stories | LIVE From NYPL | May/June 2025 -
In this Books Are Magic event, Shastri Akella reads from his debut novel, The Sea Elephants (Flatiron Books, 2023), and speaks about his journey navigating the writing life with author Rakesh Satyal. Akella is featured in “First Fiction 2023” in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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In this Charis Circle virtual event celebrating the essay anthology It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror (Feminist Press, 2022), editor Joe Vallese speaks with contributors Sumiko Saulson, Richard Scott Larson, Addie Tsai, and Jude Ellison S. Doyle about the relationship between horror and queerness. The collection is featured in The Anthologist in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
