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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.29.2012 - 12:43 pm
posted by Lenore Harris
Nick Taylor, the director of the Steinbeck Center very graciously posted the recording of the reading on YouTube for those of you who missed it. I hope you enjoy it.
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Dec.26.2012 - 6:17 am
posted by David Knop
When Peter Romero's cousin is murdered, the former military policeman is astonished that the local sheriff shows no enthusiasm for solving the crime. He is forced to recognize that, after a military...
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Dec.24.2012 - 8:48 am
posted by Barbara Froman
I've saved the best for last: George Albert Smith's short, silent film, Santa Claus, made in 1898, which was set to the late Bill Evans' rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."
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Dec.23.2012 - 2:00 pm
posted by Steve Caplan
In this book signing, Dr. Caplan discusses how "Matter Over Mind" came to be published. A fictional work with a riveting, spellbinding plot, this novel delves through the struggle of scientist Dr....
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Dec.23.2012 - 11:17 am
posted by Barbara Froman
...Nat King Cole.  You all know this one. Enjoy!
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Dec.23.2012 - 4:57 am
posted by Terry Spear
When working on a story, I love to be able to listen to the sounds that animals make, such as wolves howling, as I heard at the wolf reserve in Texas, broad daylight, but didn't think to record them...
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Dec.22.2012 - 9:52 am
posted by Barbara Froman
There are several clips of this number from How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying available, but I am particularly fond of this one, from the 1994 revival, with Matthew Broderick in the...
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Dec.21.2012 - 11:44 am
posted by Barbara Froman
Music by Olivier Messaien: Quartet for the End of Time, Movement 8
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Dec.20.2012 - 4:49 pm
posted by John Yunker
One writer's valiant attempt to rescue endangered vintage typewriters. By the founders of Ashland Creek Press: www.ashlandcreekpress.
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Feb.04.2011 - 5:52 am
posted by Gary Tenuta
A rather lengthy "short story" available on Kindle for just 99¢. A rock-n-roll vampire tale with a time travel twist. Rated PG-13 for violence and language.
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Oct.24.2011 - 7:01 pm
posted by Ashley Sanders
The official trailer for the new YA fiction novel FACING DEMONS by Ashley Sanders. FACING DEMONS is a powerful, evocative story portraying four young characters' tragic encounters and one mans...
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Jan.17.2009 - 1:21 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew Lam, editor of New America Media, took a trip back to Vietnam in 2004, produced by PBS - Exec producer Rene Tajima, director Lourdes Portillo.
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Sep.30.2008 - 4:58 pm
posted by Will Durst
In which our intrepid correspondent takes 60 seconds to investigate whether its okay to turn against your party if they know you're just doing it to win.
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Dec.29.2008 - 1:44 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew reading his short story "Slingshot" published in 1998 in Zyzzyva magazine at a writers conference on post war literature at Univ. of Haw
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Dec.27.2008 - 10:29 am
posted by Andrew Q Lam
ew America Media's editor, Andrew Lam, gave an honest discussion about his own writing life at Contra Costa College in 2000. He's the author of the Pen American Award winning book, "Perfume Dreams:...
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Feb.14.2012 - 5:21 pm
posted by John Irving
John Irving discusses his 2009 novel, Last Night in Twister River. In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes...
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Jul.10.2010 - 7:20 pm
posted by Eric Barnes
The book trailer for the novel Shimmer, an IndieNext pick, written by Eric Barnes. "...a sheen of elegance and terror; one is reminded, in Barnes' language and locution, of Don DeLillo's scalpel-...
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Jan.17.2009 - 10:34 am
posted by Misty Taggart
In HOPE FOR THE HOME FRONT, winnning the emotional and spirtual battles of a military wife, author and speaker Marshele Carter Waddell, the wife of a US Navy Seal, shares her encouraging and...
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Nov.08.2012 - 4:31 pm
posted by Alice Shapiro
Writing the lyrics and story for uPSTAIRs, my first musical, has been a fantastic experience. The collaboration with talented cast and crew as well as advisory board members and sponsors has made...
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