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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"I wanted to write about that moment where everything is at such a high pitch...that you could make one bad decision that could change your life forever." Emma Cline speaks about her debut novel, The Girls (Random House, 2016), which is longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize.
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In this 2020 Kirkus Reviews interview, Emma Cline talks about her story collection Daddy (Random House, 2020) and discusses the experience of writing about contemporary subjects, inhabiting the voice of a male narrator, and the power of the imagination. For more from Cline, read her installment of our Ten Questions series about her second novel, The Guest (Random House, 2023).
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“You read so many versions of girlhood or what it’s supposed to look like and it can feel very alienating and untrue.” At the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, author Emma Cline discusses her writing process and the inspiration for her debut novel, The Girls (Random House, 2016), with Ellen Sussman.
Tags: Fiction | Emma Cline | The Girls | JCCSF | Random House | Ellen Sussman | 2016 | interview
