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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.23.2007 - 1:38 am
posted by Jonathon Keats
Note: The remainder of this film can be seen at http://magnes.org/exhibits/keatsmovie.html
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Dec.23.2007 - 1:26 am
posted by Jonathon Keats
San Francisco writer, critic and conceptual artist Jonathon Keats is looking for God, and he thinks he may have found Him -- in a petri dish. Spark trails Keats as he works on his latest project,...
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Dec.17.2007 - 3:23 pm
posted by Kent Zimmerman
"1-2-3-4 went down to the Apple store."
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Dec.14.2007 - 3:29 pm
posted by Victoria Zackheim
Round table discussion about infidelity http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19188330/     
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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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Mar.29.2011 - 10:59 am
New web trailer for Ada's Daughter: A Story of Diversity, Hope, And Personal Strength.
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Sep.08.2011 - 9:51 pm
posted by Manjiri Prabhu
A novel which takes place in 48 hours and moves from India to Germany to London. A tale of romance, suspense and betrayal. . .
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Oct.21.2008 - 5:17 pm
posted by Sheila English
Cracked Up To Be is an edgy YA novel about a popular girl with a dark secret who goes to great lengths not to be popular anymore just to keep it
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Nov.04.2008 - 6:23 pm
posted by romantic romantic
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Jan.27.2009 - 2:25 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Aug.27.2009 - 12:42 am
posted by Sheila English
In this transparent and engaging spiritual memoir, the critically acclaimed author of Crossing Myself explores how we can live faithfully and joyfully in the face of the uncertain, the unfinished,...
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Sep.19.2009 - 9:37 pm
posted by Julia Stein
|In 2007, 2008, and 2009 September 18 people in park-poor Los Angeles came together to make parks for one day.
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Oct.14.2009 - 1:08 am
posted by Sheila English
Boyfriend behaving badly... Suspect your husband of straying... Jennifer Hunter can provide the ultimate test. She runs an agency that offers fidelity inspections for those who suspect their loved...
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Mar.23.2010 - 10:09 pm
posted by Sheila English
Trapped with a bloodthirsty killer behind locked gates, one woman comes face to face with her worst nightmare: a killer without limitswithout remorsewithout mercy. Without Mercy: the pulse pounding...
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Apr.06.2010 - 9:40 pm
posted by Sheila English
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical, everything having to do with Jeremiah and Conrad, happens then. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more...
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