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 conversation for the Reading the Room podcast, Elle Nash speaks about writing her new novel, Deliver Me (Unnamed Press, 2023), which is featured in Page One in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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“The way that I write fiction is to kind of go in and just wander around.” In this video, Granta magazine’s Josie Mitchell speaks to Esmé Weijun Wang about her debut novel, The Border of Paradise (Unnamed Press, 2016), and her forthcoming essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias, which won the 2016 Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize.
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"I wanted to do something with Paris because I thought that it was such a generous city." Jérémie Guez talks about what compelled him to write his noir novel set in contemporary Paris. Eyes Full of Empty (Unnamed Press, 2015), translated from the French by Edward Gauvin, is the first of Guez's books to appear in English.
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Jérémie Guez, author of the new novel, Eyes Full of Empty (Unnamed Press, 2015), translated from the French by Edward Gauvin, talks about being inspired by James Ellroy's work. Ellroy enthusiastically introduces Guez at Skylight Books in Los Angeles for a reading of the new novel.
Tags: 2015 | reading | Los Angeles Review of Books | Jérémie Guez | Eyes Full of Empty | Edward Gauvin | Unnamed Press | James Ellroy | Fiction