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 episode of Public Access Poetry, a cable television show produced for two seasons during 1977 and 1978, Eileen Myles and Alice Notley read a selection of their work. The full archive of half-hour episodes featuring poets from the downtown New York City poetry scene can be found on PennSound, an archival project affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania.
Tags: Poetry | Eileen Myles | Alice Notley | Public Access Poetry | 1977 | 1978 | PennSound | television archive | New York City -
“I lost the prejudice of paradise / And wound up caring for the babies of these guys,” reads Bernadette Mayer from her poem “Eve of Easter” in this 1978 episode of Public Access Poetry with Lewis Warsh at the Poetry Project in New York.
Tags: Poetry | Eve of Easter | Bernadette Mayer | Lewis Warsh | 1978 | St. Mark's Poetry Project -
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, / I am the dream and the hope of the slave. / I rise / I rise / I rise.” In a BBC video montage, Wimbledon champion Serena Williams reads empowering lines from Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” from her collection And Still I Rise (Random House, 1978).
Tags: Poetry | Random House | Maya Angelou | And Still I Rise | 1978 | Serena Williams
