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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“That is what poems are: / with mercy / for the greedy, / they are the tongue’s wrangle,/ the world’s pottage, the rat’s star,” reads Anne Sexton from her poem “With Mercy for the Greedy” in this 1973 episode of the Brockport Writers Forum with interviewers William Heyen and A. Poulin, Jr., in which she discusses her work, confessional poetry, and influences.
Tags: Poetry | Anne Sexton | Brockport Writers Forum | William Heyen | A. Poulin, Jr. | 1973 -
“Sundays too my father got up early / and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,” reads Robert Hayden from his seminal poem “Those Winter Sundays” in this 1975 interview at the Brockport Writers Forum, in which he also discusses his faith, W. B. Yeats, and Frederick Douglass.
Tags: Poetry | Robert Hayden | Brockport Writers Forum | 1975 | interview -
In this 1981 Brockport Writers Forum interview, June Jordan reads “A Poem about Intelligence for my Brothers and Sisters,” and speaks about how she came to poetry and fell in love with “the possibility of language.”
