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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Safiya Sinclair reads from her debut memoir, How to Say Babylon (37 Ink, 2023), and speaks with poet Airea D. Matthews for this event recorded at the Free Library of Philadelphia. A profile of Sinclair by Renée H. Shea is featured in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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In this video, filmed by Lowe Campbell Ewald for the 2014 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Airea D. Matthews discusses her love for Detroit and reads from her poem “Wisdom.” Matthews is the author of Simulacra (Yale University Press, 2017) and is featured in “The Whole Self: Our Thirteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets” in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.