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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Brenda Shaughnessy reads her poem “I Have a Time Machine” and discusses the role that poetry can play in recovering from traumatic experiences for a TEDx event at Harvard University. Shaughnessy is the author of Our Andromeda (Copper Canyon Press, 2012) and So Much Synth (Copper Canyon Press, 2016).
Tags: Poetry | Brenda Shaughnessy | Our Andromeda | So Much Synth | Copper Canyon Press | 2012 | 2016 | TEDx Talk | Harvard University -
“When a woman you love hits you / on the head with a book / you love, is that love?” At the New School, Brenda Shaughnessy reads from her poetry collection So Much Synth (Copper Canyon Press, 2016) for a Cave Canem event with poet Jamaal May.
Tags: Poetry | Jamaal May | Brenda Shaughnessy | Jeremy Michael Clark | Cave Canem | The New School | 2016 | So Much Synth | Copper Canyon Press -
"For each night is a long drink in a short glass." Listen to a reading by poet Brenda Shaughnessy at the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2013. Shaughnessy is featured in Ampersand: The Poets & Writers Podcast and her fourth poetry collection, So Much Synth (Copper Canyon Press, 2016), is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: reading | Page One | Copper Canyon Press | May/June 2016 | Brenda Shaughnessy | So Much Synth | Poetry
