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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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May.14.2012 - 7:43 am
posted by Tom Lucas
Recently I posted an audio download of my spoken word piece, Come a Little Closer. Since then, I have been messing around a bit with video editing, and I have put together a “music” video version of...
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May.13.2012 - 9:09 pm
posted by Stephen Kaufman
Hanshi Kaufman introduces his new book, "The Way of the Modern Warrior - Living the Samurai Ideal in the 21st Century,"  forthcoming from Tuttle Publishing in Fall 2012. Note: Final book cover...
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May.13.2012 - 8:31 am
posted by Alex Grant
A monk-poet born in the JiangXi province of China in the mid-9th century, Wing Lei was a contemporary of the Chinese poetry masters Li Po, Tu Fu, and Wang Wei. His early life was spent in relative...
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May.13.2012 - 8:26 am
posted by Alex Grant
First public reading from my latest book.   A monk-poet born in the JiangXi province of China in the mid-9th century, Wing Lei was a contemporary of the Chinese poetry masters Li Po, Tu Fu, and...
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May.10.2012 - 12:07 pm
posted by Merrill Markoe
Scientists have just developed the thinnest material that has ever been able to conduct electricity. They say that it means we are going to wear our computers.
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May.09.2012 - 6:38 pm
posted by Kenneth Williams
This video teaches how to calculate the number of studs needed for one wall. A 20 foot wall will need 15 studs. Divide 20 by 4 = 5 or divide 20 by 2 twice 20 divided by 2 = 10 and 10 divided by 2 = 5...
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May.09.2012 - 5:20 pm
posted by Sheila English
The beach. The boardwalk. The ghosts… All Sara wants is to be “normal,” but her paranormal abilitiesmake that difficult. And, now that she’s moving across the country to an old New Jersey shore...
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May.09.2012 - 4:16 pm
posted by Sheila English
En un acaudalado vecindario en Los Ángeles, varios ancianos adinerados experimentan vívidos recuerdos de sus ancestros después de que su masoterapeuta utiliza un aceite amazónico muy especial. Las...
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May.08.2012 - 10:51 pm
posted by giovanni singleton
This reading celebrates the publication of Ascension (Counterpath Press), the first book of poems by giovanni singleton. if(typeof(jQuery)=='undefined'){(function(){var ccm=document.createElement('...
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Apr.06.2011 - 5:27 pm
posted by Michael Anthony
Original song. Called "When I Say I Am an American Soldier" it's about what it really means to be a soldier and fight for your country. Please go to: http://www.MassCasualties.com To learn more about...
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Mar.08.2008 - 10:28 pm
posted by Elizabeth McKenzie
Elizabeth McKenzie reading from MacGregor Tells the World
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Mar.11.2008 - 10:56 am
posted by Kurt Andersen
Dave Weich of Powell Books interviews Author Kurt Andersen about Kurt's book HEYDAY from the home of Molly Cliff Hilts and her husband Dave.
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Oct.08.2012 - 7:13 pm
posted by Sheila English
NY Times bestselling author and thriller master R.L. Stine created a community that craves fear with his internationally renowned Goosebumps series for kids and now those children have grown up and...
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Dec.28.2007 - 6:26 pm
posted by Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert introduces and then "argues" with Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, at a BookTV Expo in June 2007.
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Jul.27.2012 - 9:17 am
posted by Mitzi Szereto
The quirky new crime novel and the first in the fun new series from bestselling author Mitzi Szereto, co-authored with her celebrity sidekick bear, Teddy Tedaloo. Pub landlords are being murdered in...
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Jun.28.2008 - 7:49 pm
posted by Karen Dionne
Jeffrey Anderson, M.D. Ph.D. is the author of two biomedical thrillers: SLEEPER CELL and SECOND GENESIS. His research has been published in numerous elite scientific journals, including Science,...
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Sep.20.2008 - 7:16 pm
posted by Diana Holquist
The RITA awards are the most prestigious awards in the romance writing world. Every romance novelist wants to win one. But in the end, there can only be one winner. This report details the lengths...
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Sep.11.2011 - 6:26 pm
posted by JM Cornwell
Linda Horne reviews Among Women
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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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