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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“A few years ago I used to tell myself I wanted to marry a cowboy.” In this short film produced by Park Pictures, director Alison Maclean adapts Lydia Davis’s short story about an English professor who fantasizes about a life of adventure. “The Professor” is included in Davis’s collection The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009).
Tags: Fiction | Lydia Davis | short story | The Professor | Alison Maclean | Park Pictures | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | film adaptation | short film | cowboy -
"It really opens their eyes to a whole new way to look at the world, and it's a necessary way to look at the world—it makes you a better human." Teacher Emily Nielson talks about the importance of reading poetry at a young age and participating in community events like the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.
Tags: Poetry | National Cowboy Poetry Gathering | cowboy -
Texas cowboy poet Andy Hedges recites "The Red Cow" by Larry McWhorter at the twenty-eighth National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. Hedges will return to Elko for next year's event on January 31, 2013.
Tags: Poetry | National Cowboy Poetry Gathering | Andy Hedges | Larry McWhorter | cowboy
