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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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Jan.05.2012 - 6:10 pm
posted by Adam Fieled
I'm covering this song because I believe it to be an American classic in the making. The song has already been covered by Hole, Garbage, the Posies, Travis, Wilco, Elliott Smith, and Beck Hansen.
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Jan.04.2012 - 8:41 pm
posted by Mare Cromwell
Describing a hike into the Grand Canyon in the dark on Thanksgiving Eve. A mystical night hike into time.
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Jan.04.2012 - 8:31 am
posted by Midge Raymond
One writer's valiant attempt to rescue endangered vintage typewriters. By the founders of Ashland Creek Press.
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Dec.31.2011 - 6:28 pm
posted by China Galland
The Keepers of Love project has had an extraordinary year! Now we find ourselves at a significant moment in the making of the documentary, “Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation”....
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Dec.30.2011 - 12:45 pm
posted by Mel Nicolai
Some nights are just dark spots in space. So begins The Case, a surreal journey into the mind and ornate miscalculations of Brock Meirski. "...pattern recognition on overload..." -- Steve Aylett "......
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Dec.30.2011 - 12:35 pm
posted by Mel Nicolai
The Shake is an unusual cross-genre noir mystery with vampires. The Shake was awarded Kirkus Reviews' Star rating and was named to their Best of 2011.
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Dec.29.2011 - 5:12 pm
posted by Jehanah Wedgwood
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Dec.29.2011 - 6:57 am
posted by Keisha M Green
Author Reshonda Tate Billingsley reading an excerpt from her book Holy Rollers.
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Dec.29.2011 - 3:32 am
posted by Tom Carter
Travel photographer Tom Carter spent 2 years backpacking 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces in China to create "CHINA: Portrait of a People" the most comprehensive book of photography on...
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Nov.07.2008 - 3:59 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
The searing memoir of an extraordinary woman who served as a nun for eleven years in Mother Teresa's order, Hope Endures is a compelling chronicle of idealistic determination, rigid discipline, and...
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Mar.14.2010 - 4:56 pm
posted by Ariel Gore
Ariel Gore read from her new book Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness (published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux) on February 23, 2010, at Broadway Books in Portland, Oregon.
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Feb.09.2012 - 5:57 pm
posted by Scott Lankford
Tahoe beneath the Surface brings this hidden history of America's largest mountain lake to life through the stories of its most celebrated residents and visitors over the last ten thousand years....
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Apr.28.2009 - 7:40 am
posted by Vicki Nikolaidis
Afghans and foreign experts discuss situation in Afghanistan. What is the solution?
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Dec.08.2010 - 1:57 pm
posted by Lola Rainey
This is a author's narrative and book excerpt reading used in combination with the video to evoke an emotional response from the viewer/listener about the subject of lynching. It is the type of...
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Jan.06.2010 - 10:28 pm
posted by Sam Barry
Sam Barry, author of How to Play the Harmonica and Other Life Lessons, demonstrates the regular way to do the laundry versus the playful way to do the laundry. Buy the book: Amazon: http://www.amazon...
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Nov.11.2011 - 1:09 pm
posted by John Siddique
A Place of Silence read by Abha GautamTaken from John Siddique's No.1 Bestselling Collection FULL BLOOD 
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Feb.04.2013 - 3:56 pm
posted by Michael Provitera
Recipe for Success  2013, Michael Provitera, All Rights Reserved .Prep Time: 2 to 4 years; Inactive Prep Time: 8 hours per night; Cook Time: 1 hour; Easy; Serves: One person serving...
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Jul.26.2008 - 1:54 am
posted by R. N. Morris
The first of my many battles with my cat, or my inner critic in cat form....
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