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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.01.2012 - 9:48 pm
posted by Joseph Means
  A Rescue and a Near Death Experience is not what you would expect to find on a nearly perfect world like the beautiful Blue Angel Planet.   This is a fast paced adventure that has it all...
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Dec.01.2012 - 4:44 pm
posted by Barbara Froman
Now that Thanksgiving is over, December is here, and the networks are bombarding us with holiday ads and programming, I thought I'd take the opportunity to offer some of my favorite holiday moments...
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Nov.28.2012 - 3:23 pm
posted by Sheila English
The quaint Irish village of Ballybucklebo is full of colorful characters and eccentric patients that two country doctors must tend to, but with love in the air each doctor has their hands, and hearts...
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Nov.27.2012 - 12:57 pm
posted by Ron McElroy
Here’s some news I’m proud of. My son Brett is currently documenting the old school ways of Molokai. He’s making a film about the life that Molokai locals value above all else….above money, above...
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Nov.27.2012 - 12:48 pm
posted by Ron McElroy
Check out our co-operative offices: Real Office Centers in Santa Monica, CA.
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Nov.26.2012 - 9:28 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Saturday Night Special Reading. 
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Nov.26.2012 - 1:49 pm
posted by Michael Provitera
Dr. Michael Provitera is the President and founder of Motivational Leadership Training. This video presents a brief overview of why Dr. Provitera launched his company in the year 2000 along with the...
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Nov.26.2012 - 9:29 am
posted by Barbara Froman
"Rocks" is a short, experimental film by composer Stephen L. Syverud Note:  the sound should be just at the threshold of hearing. Stephen L. Syverud received his Ph.D from the University of Iowa...
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Nov.26.2012 - 6:30 am
posted by Pauline Rowson
Pauline Rowson at CSI Portsmouth  talking about the setting for her DI Horton Mystery Novels set against the backdrop of the sea in Portsmouth and the Solent area on the South Coast of England.
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Nov.24.2012 - 8:48 am
posted by Charles Salzberg
Henry Swann, as a result of his search for the missing daughter of a wealthy attorney, finds himself in London, to talk to a rare book dealer, as he stays on the trail of the girl and her amoral,...
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May.22.2008 - 4:10 pm
In this short, older video, Maxine Hong Kingston is interviewed about violence in modern culture and literature, as well the power of words and idealism.
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Mar.14.2008 - 3:16 pm
posted by JT Ellison
Book trailer for 14, the second in the Taylor Jackson series From Mira Books September 2008
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Jun.21.2011 - 2:29 pm
posted by China Galland
Joined by over a hundered people as Mrs. Doris Vittatoe and Mrs. Nuthel Britton and their families cut the ribbon, unlocked the gate, and led us back into their 175 year old, rural East Texas burial...
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Sep.19.2012 - 4:12 pm
posted by Charles A. Ray
Third in the Buffalo Soldier series of historical novels for young adults; Ben Carter and his men are sent to Cactus Junction to help the settlers who are being threatened by a gang of rustlers led...
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Oct.03.2012 - 10:16 pm
Kirsten Imani Kasai reads selections from her new e-book "Rhapsody in Snakeskin: Tales of Erotic Horror" at Writers with Drinks at the Make-Out Room, San Francisco, CA. March 2012.
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Jan.16.2008 - 4:02 am
posted by Colby Buzzell
This clip is an excerpt from "Men in Black," an animated sequence based on U.S. Army Specialist Colby Buzzell's story, part of the film Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience...
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Dec.12.2008 - 5:05 pm
posted by Jena Pincott
CBS Early Show on "Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?" and the Science of Romance and MHC genes
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May.23.2008 - 10:48 am
posted by Tobias Wolff
The video above is a short excerpt. The full video is available here: http://fora.tv/2008/04/01/Tobias_Wolff_in_Conversation City Arts & Lectures San Francisco, CA Apr 1st, 2008 Tobias Wolff is...
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Dec.28.2007 - 6:22 pm
posted by Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert appears in How Not to Communicate with the Second City comedy troupe in Chicago. Also in the sketch are  young unknowns Paul Dinello and Aliza Shalowitz. This piece was written,...
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Jan.20.2009 - 5:39 am
posted by Scott C. Holstad
This is one of my favorite Bukowski poems. It's nearly six minutes long, but well worth it, IMO. It's from his 1970 chapbook bearing the same title. Hard to find and very expensive now. Enjoy!
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