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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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Feb.21.2011 - 1:18 pm
posted by Elizabeth Harper
Welcome to Your ColorScope, a uniquely revealing oracle created by Elizabeth Harper http://www.sealedwithlove.com This week’s ColorScope contains the 2nd Question to Week 8 of the 2011 Prize Draw (...
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Feb.20.2011 - 8:50 pm
posted by Dr. Steve McSwain
He grew up in the Baptist church, but he's an advocate of inter- faith dialogue. He was a Christian minister for over 20 years, but didn't receive his spiritual awakening until he quit going to...
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Feb.18.2011 - 4:44 pm
posted by Larry R. Smith
Two of Kenneth Patchen's (1911-1972) most classic working-class poems are given images and sounds: "The Orange Bears" (with the author's voice) and "Let Me Ask You, Mr. Youngstown Sheet and Tube."...
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Feb.17.2011 - 8:53 pm
posted by Sheila English
The Livingston family runs a successful chain of soul food restaurants built by their grandparents. In ALL UP IN MY BUSINESS, the first in the Business Trilogy from Lutishia Lovely, the third...
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Feb.17.2011 - 12:46 pm
posted by former member
My favorite author talks about The Mistress of Spices and growing up in India! Enjoy.
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Feb.15.2011 - 7:37 pm
posted by Sheila English
Letters From Home combines the emotional power of The Notebook with the stirring history and drama of Saving Private Ryan. Get caught up in the writing of Kristina McMorris and her atmospheric and...
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Feb.14.2011 - 4:38 pm
posted by Julie Orringer
Author Julie Orringer (The Invisible Bridge, How to Breathe Underwater) reads from The Invisible Bridge and answers questions about why she wrote Invisible Bridge as well as her writing process. She...
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Feb.14.2011 - 3:59 pm
posted by Kim Addonizio
from a reading at City Lights Books in San Francisco, with T-Wrex on guitar, from my new poetry collection Lucifer at the Starlite (W.W. Norton).
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Feb.14.2011 - 3:56 pm
posted by Kim Addonizio
Poetry@Tech presents: Kim Addonizio September 19, 2008 http://www.poetry.gatech.edu/index.php Produced by the Georgia Tech Cable Network
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Feb.14.2011 - 8:50 am
posted by Rhonda Frost
The book "Why Do I Have to Think Like a Man? How to Think Like a Lady and Still Get the Man" is touted as the book that enables Mary L. Harvey to break her 5 year silence! She claims this book "...
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Dec.02.2010 - 10:13 pm
posted by Michael Anthony
A beautiful poem read by an American Soldier. There's an intense reality that comes with being an American soldier. If we look at some of the younger generation of veterans: Michael Anthony, Ryan...
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Jan.17.2012 - 2:47 pm
posted by China Galland
This is an excerpt from: "Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation" is a documentary film in progress that documents the powerful racial conflict over the right to visit cemeteries...
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Dec.12.2008 - 2:05 am
posted by Angela K Nickerson
Travel to Florence and Rome, the most romantic places in the world, this Valentine’s Day: February 11-22, 2009. Come along with KCRA’s former television anchors, Dave Walker and Lois Hart, as they...
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Dec.21.2010 - 2:35 pm
posted by daniel curzon
The story of the hard-scrabble life of an American country woman about a century ago, told in seven minutes, with slide show accompaniment.
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May.07.2012 - 3:04 am
posted by James Whyle
Jacana Media have released a chilling video trailer for The Book of War. Read the opening chapters. The book of War is available for shipping, worldwide, from Jacana Media.
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Jul.15.2012 - 12:28 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Feb.03.2009 - 12:58 pm
posted by Zhana Books
This is a short (six-minute) video based on my choreopoem, "Harriet", which describes an imaginary meeting between Harriet Jacobs and Harriet Tubman. Harriet Jacobs, author of Incidents in the Life...
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Sep.15.2009 - 3:13 pm
posted by Cat Connor
book trailer for, terrorbyte by Cat Connor. terrorbyte: Ellie, Mac and her team are searching for a unknown killer who prays upon the mentally ill. He chooses his victims from the membership list of...
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Aug.16.2011 - 1:24 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Reading from East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres...  Andrew Lam is also author of PErfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora.
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Oct.27.2011 - 4:59 am
posted by Cheryl Rainfield
YA author Cheryl Rainfield talks about what inspired her to write HUNTED, her YA dystopian/paranormal fantasy. Cheryl drew on her abuse experience, her love of fantasy books, and oppression in our...
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