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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.07.2008 - 10:43 am
posted by Mary Akers
The author describes his time spent in Siberia, to a backdrop of images from the area and the era of his banishment.
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Oct.06.2008 - 1:22 pm
posted by Will Durst
In which our intrepid correspondent spends 60 seconds figuring out whether all this brew ha ha about the sky falling is serious enough to call for the wearing of a hat.
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Oct.05.2008 - 10:31 pm
posted by Lynn E. Hazen
http://vimeo.com/3375553 Children's & YA Author, Lynn E. Hazen briefly interviews super librarian, Betsy Bird at the 2008 Kidlitosphere Conference in Portland, Oregon. Betsy discusses the term "...
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Oct.05.2008 - 8:15 pm
posted by David Pennebaker
Impower your children with words and prose. Read daily to your children. They will thank you for it in beautiful verse.
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Oct.05.2008 - 5:11 pm
posted by Joyce A Burnett
First TV interview on Adam's Belle. Discusses memoir of Isabel Washington Powell first wife of Rev Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Harlem Renaissance, Abysinnia Baptist Church, african-American history...
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Oct.04.2008 - 11:50 am
posted by chella courington
Inspiring & poetic performance!
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Oct.02.2008 - 2:48 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Patrick Henry Hughes was born with a rare genetic disorder that left him without eyes and physically disabled. But he was also blessed with exceptional musical talent—able to play the piano as a...
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Oct.02.2008 - 6:29 am
posted by Roosevelt Pitt
The first collaborative television interview with CIOF and Charles the Chef
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Oct.02.2008 - 2:19 am
posted by ahmed ahmed
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Sep.11.2009 - 1:07 pm
posted by Jen Hill
An original anthology celebrating Rod Serling’s landmark television series When it first aired in 1959, The Twilight Zone was nothing less than groundbreaking television. Freed from much of the...
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Sep.15.2009 - 12:27 pm
posted by Alison Lane
Alison Hoffman Lane interviews Bryan of Champagne Swamp Tours about the "missing" Uncle Arnel and family and the the legendary Swamp Witch and her eerie curse turning Uncle Arnel and his family to...
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Oct.01.2009 - 3:31 pm
posted by Cynthia A Clampitt
Book trailer/video synopsis for my nonfiction travel narrative/memoir, Waltzing Australia.
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Oct.23.2009 - 1:45 pm
Most think of little girls when it comes to child abuse. We forget that one in four little boys are abused also. Here is a very graphic description of such a case. By Father Heyward B. Ewart, Ph.D.,...
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Dec.02.2009 - 8:33 am
posted by Nicole Seitz
Book teaser for Saving Cicadas. Watch with speakers turned up.
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Dec.02.2009 - 8:49 pm
posted by Magdalena Ball
Book trailer/teaser for Repulsion Thrust by Magdalena Ball. As with her first poetry collection, Quark Soup, Magdalena Ball's Repulsion Thrust tackles big subjects: quantum physics, astronomy, time...
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Feb.18.2010 - 5:03 am
posted by Sheila English
After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her...
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Mar.05.2010 - 4:41 pm
posted by Sheila English
Their trip to paradise was perfect. Sun drenched days and party hopping nights. But no one expected the tragic turn of events, and that one of three best friends wouldnt make it home. Everyone is...
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Mar.16.2010 - 11:30 pm
posted by Dai Wilde
Homemade video with Dr. Luis Mata in New Mexico. One of 24 poems written between 2007 and 2009.
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Aug.18.2010 - 10:53 am
posted by Michele Scott
The poisoning of a Napa Valley bride has oenophile Nikki Sands researching what may have been a killer bottle of wine.
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