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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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Jul.11.2011 - 4:31 pm
posted by Caridad Pineiro
Dr. Deanna Vasquez hasn’t spoken to her mother in years, not since the renowned archaeologist abandoned her family in her quest to find the lost tomb of Montezuma. When CIA agent Bill Santana shows...
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Jul.11.2011 - 2:03 pm
posted by Sheila English
The closest look into the Googleplex without a badge and ID card, I’m Feeling Lucky is the first inside view of life at Google from one of its original employees, Employee number 59, giving readers a...
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Jul.11.2011 - 12:13 pm
posted by Sheila English
A glamorous spy novel about Jackie Kennedy as a CIA agent in 1950s Paris, inspired by an authentic letter in the JFK Library. Jackie executes death defying exploits with sophisticated charm. Romance...
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Jul.10.2011 - 11:12 am
posted by Alma Katsu
Alma Katsu, author of The Taker (Gallery books/Simon & Schuster) describes the influences that went into writing her novel, and why science, magic and religion are sometimes interchangeable
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Jul.09.2011 - 9:16 am
posted by Julia E. Antoine
Twenty-eight year Shannon was tired of the platonic relationship she had been in for the past eight years---She was ready for a change. So, she sets out to find a man who could satisfy all of her...
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Jul.07.2011 - 1:32 pm
posted by Holly Schindler
In this video, I thank everyone who ran a blog post, put up an online review, or contributed in any way to the online discussion of my second novel, Playing Hurt. I also include a short synopsis, for...
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Jul.07.2011 - 1:31 pm
posted by Holly Schindler
This interview was conducted with ReachOut.com, a site for young adults facing any myriad of tough issues: bullying, eating disorders, depression, etc. ReachOut Reads brings awareness to authors who...
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Jul.07.2011 - 1:24 pm
posted by Holly Schindler
A vlog interview filmed at my kitchen table during the blog tour for my second YA novel, Playing Hurt.
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Jul.07.2011 - 1:21 pm
posted by Holly Schindler
A "coffee break"-style vlog interview from the blog tour for my second YA novel, Playing Hurt.
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Jul.07.2011 - 7:18 am
posted by Stephen Kaufman
A section of video from Stephen F Kaufman's, "Hanshi's World," a Manhattan Neighborhood Cable TV Network program.
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Apr.17.2013 - 10:01 am
posted by Richard Goodman
This video describes Storyville, a unique collaboration between the MFA writing students at the University of New Orleans and WWNO Public Radio, the local NPR station in New Orleans. Put simply,...
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Jan.28.2008 - 10:44 am
posted by Sean Beaudoin
This is the hot new video about Going Nowhere Faster by the band Seeing For Miles. This song comes from their new album "The Dark Side Of The Room".
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Jan.15.2008 - 3:40 pm
posted by Lori Hope
Lori Hope, author of the book Help Me Live: 20 Things People With Cancer Want You to Know, gives a talk at UCSF on November 17, 2006. The event titled "Lung Cancer: New Insights, New Hope,...
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Aug.02.2012 - 6:16 pm
posted by Daniel Wolff
Little opening salvo for new book.
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Dec.10.2007 - 3:59 pm
posted by Joan Blades
This segment includes input from various sources on topics such as inequity in the workplace and poverty as they relate to children and working mothers.
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May.07.2008 - 2:26 pm
posted by Andrew Sean Greer
Novelist Andrew Sean Greer ("The Confessions of Max Tivoli") talks with Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) about his new novel, "The Story of a Marriage." Their conversation takes place at the old Cliff...
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Jul.06.2008 - 2:19 pm
Author Robert Anthony Siegel reads from his novel, All Will Be Revealed, and shows period photographs from the world of the book: 19th century erotic photography, Spiritualism, and Polar exploration...
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Feb.15.2008 - 11:07 am
Melanie reads from the first chapter of CONFESSIONS OF SUPER MOM
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Jun.20.2008 - 1:08 pm
posted by Peter Trachtenberg
A Bengali-language interpretation of the Allen Ginsberg poem, "September on Jessore Road"
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