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 Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, author Juliet Grames speaks about her new novel, The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia (Knopf, 2024), which is set in an isolated Italian village in the 1960s.
Tags: Fiction | Juliet Grames | The Last Boy of Santa Chionia | novel | Knopf | Poured Over | Barnes & Noble | Miwa Messer | podcast | 2024 -
In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Dinaw Mengestu discusses the complex characters with sometimes uncertain motivations in his latest novel, Someone Like Us (Knopf, 2024), the nature of diasporic communities in American cities, and the mainstream expectations placed upon immigrant stories.
Tags: Fiction | Dinaw Mengestu | Someone Like Us | Knopf | Poured Over | Barnes & Noble | podcast | Miwa Messer | interview | novel | 2024 -
In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, author Julia Phillips talks about the ferocity of sister relationships, themes of isolation and survival, and her second novel, Bear (Hogarth, 2024). A profile of Phillips by Renée H. Shea appears in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Poured Over | Barnes & Noble | interview | podcast | Julia Phillips | Bear | Hogarth | Miwa Messer | July/August 2024 -
In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, author KB Brookins speaks about gender identity, resiliency and joy in the face of adversity, nonlinear storytelling, and their debut memoir, Pretty (Knopf, 2024).
Tags: Creative Nonfiction | KB Brookins | Poured Over | podcast | Miwa Messer | Barnes & Noble | memoir | Pretty | Knopf | 2024 -
“I want to trouble the idea that any representation is good representation. I think there’s a lot of frustration in Asian American circles about being told to appreciate the crumbs you’ve been given.” R. F. Kuang speaks about her fifth novel, Yellowface (William Morrow, 2023), issues of cultural appropriation, and her own experiences in the publishing industry as a Chinese American woman writer in this live conversation with Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast host Miwa Messer in New York.
Tags: Fiction | R. F. Kuang | Yellowface | William Morrow | Barnes & Noble | Miwa Messer | Poured Over | interview | 2023 -
This Wall Street Journal video analyzes the history and business model of the bookstore chain Barnes & Noble and how they are adopting the strategies of independent bookstores by empowering their local booksellers to make more decisions on inventory and displays in order to boost sales.
Tags: Not Genre-Specific | Barnes & Noble | Wall Street Journal | bookstore | 2023 -
In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Edmund White and Garth Greenwell speak about the reissue of White’s 1978 epistolary novel, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, published by McNally Editions.
