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Feb.06.2011 - 1:14 pm
posted by Cheryl L Snell
We drown in the details— what to bring to potluck, where to meet for coffee. There’s a Starbuck’s on the corner where we once sold lemonade, our homemade sign coming apart in an attic somewhere. We...
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Nov.09.2011 - 5:24 pm
posted by Erica Jong, Ph.D.
"At the time I wrote Fear of Flying," recalls Erica Jong, "there was not a book that said women are romantic, women are intellectual, women are sexual—and brought all those things together."...
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Aug.19.2011 - 1:42 pm
posted by Larry R. Smith
Here a short poem video I've made this day to share. It uses my poem WALKING A FIELD INTO EVENING which has been printed in several places, most recently in Yoga International magazine. Peace
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Apr.08.2011 - 12:06 pm
posted by Deborah Santana
Strand Book Store, New York- February 23, 2011
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Aug.03.2009 - 8:46 am
posted by John Y. Cole
Confessions of a Loyal Librarian Redroom.com presents exclusive video of John Y. Cole, a historian of the Library of Congress and founding director of its Center for the Book. John has worked at the...
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Dec.29.2010 - 9:43 pm
posted by Salman Rushdie
Celebrated author Salman Rushdie talks to NDTV's Barkha Dutt on his latest book Luka and the Fire of Life. Rushdie says his new book is a product of the strong desire of his younger son Milan.
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May.30.2011 - 2:33 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew Lam reads his essay, "Afghanistan Can't Wash Away Vietnam" from "New California Writing" - an anthology of writing about California by Californian Writers. He is the author of East Eats West:...
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Nov.28.2010 - 4:29 pm
posted by Midge Raymond
A cautionary tale about husband-and-wife authors, "Love in the Time of Amazon.com," by John Yunker and Midge Raymond. And a book trailer (of sorts) for The Tourist Trail by John Yunker and Forgetting...
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Jul.25.2012 - 12:36 pm
posted by China Galland
Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation documents the powerful racial conflict over the right to visit cemeteries and to know your ancestors.  This work in progress follows two...
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Oct.21.2008 - 12:32 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Few events cause as much turmoil in a marriage as infidelity. It can shatter trust and breed insecurity and resentment from which some relationships never recover. People who think it won't happen to...
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Oct.20.2008 - 10:42 pm
posted by Jess Wells
The Writers Union hosted a reading recently and John Rhodes was gracious enough to make video podcasts of each of the readers. I was surprised to hear that The Writers Union could use some new blood...
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Oct.20.2008 - 10:40 am
posted by Will Durst
In which our leg weary intrepid correspondent spends 60 seconds groping about the ring, his face swollen from the punishment absorbed by watching the penultimate in a mind numbing series of debates....
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Oct.20.2008 - 10:06 am
posted by Gina Collia-Suzuki
Kitagawa Utamaro is one of the most well-known and admired figures in the history of Japanese art, renowned throughout the world for his portraits of beautiful women. Unrivalled at the height of his...
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Oct.20.2008 - 9:33 am
posted by Kris Waldherr
It's not good to be the queen: Video for DOOMED QUEENS: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends from Cleopatra to Princess Di by Kris Waldherr. Heads will roll October 28, 2008. Music by the Brooklyn Symphony...
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Oct.20.2008 - 7:47 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
An encyclopedic attack on modern culture so hilariously bitter that it actually becomes uplifting. Based on two runaway UK bestsellers, this new American edition has been ingeniously adapted and...
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Oct.20.2008 - 2:44 am
posted by former member
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Oct.19.2008 - 2:26 pm
posted by S. Renee Mitchell
This poem, titled "The One You Were Afraid I Would Write," by Dora McQuaid, was part of a speech Renee Mitchell gave at a 2007 state conference in Oregon on domestic and sexual violence against women...
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Oct.19.2008 - 10:07 am
posted by chella courington
smart & engaging!
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Oct.16.2008 - 8:23 pm
posted by Cynthia Brian
Cynthia Brian is the Founder and Executive Director of the 501 c3 charity, Be the Star You Are!. Recently ABC saluted Cynthia Brian and the volunteers for their work in improving literacy and...
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Jun.25.2008 - 11:35 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Visit http://bookvideos.tv to watch more videos about your favorite books and authors. Allison Dubois's unique story, the inspiration for the hit NBC TV series Medium, started during her senior year...
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Jun.25.2008 - 11:43 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Visit http://bookvideos.tv to watch more videos about your favorite books and authors. Web of Evil gives us J. A. Jance at her most masterful in a twisted and lethal drama of heart-pounding suspense...
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Jun.25.2008 - 12:07 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Visit http://bookvideos.tv to watch more videos about your favorite authors and books! Ursula Hegi is the author of The Worst Thing I've Done, Intrusions, Unearned Pleasures, Floating in My Mother's...
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Sep.13.2008 - 9:36 pm
posted by Roscoe Herring
Video number Five in the Tiger Stadium demolition series.
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Dec.14.2008 - 8:42 pm
posted by Steven Gripp
This is DFW discussing his failure of language - he posits lack of understanding in a foreign language can be both a good and bad thing.
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Apr.02.2009 - 10:24 am
posted by jeffery mcnary
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May.13.2009 - 12:33 pm
posted by sanya ilich
E cookbook
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Jun.08.2009 - 12:35 pm
posted by Jen Hill
Burned is inspired by the horrifying ordeal of Yvonne Bornstein. Kidnapped in Russia in the 1990s by Islamic terrorists, Yvonne and her husband were held for ransom. During her captivity she was...
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