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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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Dec.07.2012 - 4:27 pm
posted by Steve Caplan
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Dec.07.2012 - 4:24 pm
posted by Steve Caplan
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Dec.07.2012 - 1:16 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky's reading at MAPP, Chattering Loom, San Francisco.
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Dec.07.2012 - 11:39 am
posted by John Hospodka
John Hospodka's 'Dog Speak: Homage to an American Poet' sets out to pay tribute to writer and poet Jim Harrison. Against the backdrop of a hallucinatory weekend in the 'country' and the eventual sad...
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Dec.06.2012 - 11:24 pm
posted by Barbara Froman
Because tomorrow marks the beginning of Hanukkah, the CCC breaks for a true gem:  Studs Terkel interviewing Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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Dec.06.2012 - 10:26 am
posted by Caridad Pineiro
When Hurricane Sandy came roaring onto the Jersey Shore, it left a path of destruction in her wake. I was blessed that my home and my daughter’s shop were unaffected by the storm, although our towns...
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Dec.06.2012 - 9:44 am
posted by Barbara Froman
What would the holidays be without Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's suite from the Nutcracker? Here it is, Walt Disney style, from Fantasia (1940). The conductor is Leopold Stokowski.
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Dec.05.2012 - 8:36 am
posted by Barbara Froman
Judy Garland's moist eyes and rich, soulful voice.... Is there anything more lovely, more wistful than this? Meet me in St. Louis (1944) Dir. Vincente Minnelli
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Dec.04.2012 - 2:16 pm
posted by Alexander Galant
A 1-minute trailer for the award-winning historical thriller novel DEPTH OF DECEPTION (A Titanic Murder Mystery) by Alexander Galant
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Jan.06.2013 - 4:15 pm
posted by Sheila English
Ms. Clevis is one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving. Until the morning she accidentallyputs the wrong ingredients into her breakfast smoothie. Suddenly she finds herself switchingback...
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Apr.26.2013 - 4:08 pm
I had wanted to make short documentaries for a while but that kind of project takes a crew.  Since my filmmaking buddies had just moved to Los Angeles, I was solo.  So I went smaller....
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Nov.12.2008 - 11:36 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
The Wessyngton Plantation was established in 1796 by Joseph Washington 1770-1848, a cousin of President Washington. By 1860 Wessyngton encompassed more than 15,000 acres and held 274 slaves there....
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Jan.04.2013 - 7:02 pm
posted by Sheila English
In this unforgettable debut, fifteen-year-old Ever must confront Skinny, the vicious voice that lives in her head, before she can truly find her own. Find out more here- thisisteen.com/books or here...
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Aug.04.2010 - 12:44 pm
posted by Sheila English
In the summer of 1929, Winston Churchill recruits law professor Bourke Cockran and Hearst photojournalist Mattie McGary to foil a German-backed IRA gun running plot in the US that threatens to plunge...
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Apr.09.2013 - 8:00 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
Anastasia Ashman, cofounder of GlobalNiche.net, talks about digital literacy and how it's about creating a system that works for you to master the influx and outgo of information. Apologies to Clay...
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Apr.22.2013 - 7:24 pm
posted by Terry Spear
Lisa Robbins has one mission in mind--sell back her UNUSED wedding dress to the wedding shop, but when she has no success, maybe she's going about this all wrong. Peter Crawford is intrigued by...
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Jun.24.2008 - 1:49 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
It is 1986, and aspiring actor Edward Zanni has been kicked out of drama school for being "too jazz hands for Juilliard." Mortified, Edward heads out into the urban jungle of eighties New York City...
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Jun.25.2008 - 2:58 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Brenda Kinsel's Fashion Makeover -- Brenda Kinsel is the fairy godmother of fashion. Drawing on 20-plus years as an image consultant, in Fashion Makeover Kinsel helps women over 40 catapult...
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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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