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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.14.2007 - 12:27 pm
posted by Caroline Leavitt
Author interview for essay in the anthology, The Other Woman.
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Dec.14.2007 - 8:42 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is Tim Wise's opening statement during a November 2007 debate on affirmative action, held in New York City at the Asia Society. The debate, sponsored by Intelligence-squared and the Rozencranz...
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Dec.14.2007 - 8:00 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is a presentation on institutional racism and white privilege, delivered by TIm Wise at the University of Michigan, in January, 2007.
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Dec.13.2007 - 10:17 pm
posted by Victoria Zackheim
  ABC: View From the Bay http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=view_from_the_bay/fashion_beaut...
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Dec.13.2007 - 5:20 pm
posted by Jane Ganahl
Jane Ganahl reads at Litquake 2007, the annual San Francisco literary festival that she co-founded.
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Dec.13.2007 - 4:59 pm
posted by April Sinclair
Red Room interviews author April Sinclair at the San Francisco Public Library after an event during Litquake 2007, San Francisco's annual literary festival.
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Dec.13.2007 - 4:46 pm
posted by Peggy Orenstein
Red Room presents Peggy Orenstein reading from Waiting for Daisy at Litquake 2007, San Francisco's annual literary festival.
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Dec.10.2007 - 7:28 pm
posted by Neal Pollack
I teach my five-year-old son the Spartan way of warfare.
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Dec.10.2007 - 7:28 pm
posted by Neal Pollack
My son tells you everything you need to know about the WGA strike.
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:18 pm
posted by Maya Angelou
This video was made for a project. Comments are appreciated. Enjoy! Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling...
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Sep.25.2009 - 6:46 pm
posted by Cynthia Vespia
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Jan.13.2010 - 1:28 am
posted by Sheila English
Brain Thief is a fun, literate speculative fiction adventure, sort of New England cyberpunk noir, set a year or ten from now, somewhere between the Berkshires and Boston, and includes, at no extra...
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Feb.12.2010 - 10:17 am
posted by Alfred Flatten
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Jul.28.2010 - 1:13 pm
posted by Sheila English
Basketball star Darius Jones has broken a lot of hearts. Most women have moved on, but one obsessed fan is determined to be the only woman in his life, even if it means getting rid of Darius's mother...
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Nov.26.2008 - 6:47 pm
posted by Chip Kidd
A quick view of the design of The Learners.
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Jan.24.2009 - 12:38 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
'poor soul, you always were a little too high strung.'
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Feb.09.2009 - 2:03 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Apr.28.2009 - 12:41 pm
posted by Sheila English
One afternoon, single mother Sara Weston says that she's going to the store—and never returns. In her absence, she leaves her teenaged son alone with his damaged past and a legacy of secrets. Secrets...
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Jan.21.2010 - 1:56 am
posted by Sheila English
They are the scandalous Sharpes, five hellraising siblings tainted by a shocking family legacy. Now each faces a daunting ultimatum, marry soon or kiss their inheritance goodbye. The first novel in...
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