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 2017 Asian American Writers’ Workshop event, Esther Lin reads her poem “I See Her Best,” which appears in her debut collection, Cold Thief Place (Alice James Books, 2025). Lin’s book is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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In this Politics and Prose Bookstore event, Lauren Francis-Sharma reads from and speaks about her third novel, Casualties of Truth (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025), in a conversation with Kwame Alexander. The novel is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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In this episode of Tightwires with host Hiba Tahir, poet Patrycja Humienik talks about navigating grad school and writing, identity, and her debut collection, We Contain Landscapes (Tin House, 2025), which is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Patrycja Humienik | We Contain Landscapes | Tin House | Tightwires | interview | writing process | Page One | March/April 2025 -
For this 2024 Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters event, Arati Kumar-Rao talks about how her book, Marginlands: A Journey Into India’s Vanishing Landscapes (Milkweed Editions, 2025), is not about a specific place, but can be somewhere at “the edge of our psyche” in a conversation with Prem Panicker. Rao’s book is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
