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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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Nov.04.2012 - 3:55 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Reading "Heroin Wings" at Zyfez Festival in Albuquerque, NM.
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Nov.03.2012 - 7:41 pm
posted by Barbara Froman
A scene from the film, Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix.  The aria is "Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana" and it is sung by the lovely Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez.
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Nov.03.2012 - 12:22 pm
posted by Jane Hirshfield
This is an 18 minute video of Jane Hirshfield's reading during the 2012 San Francisco International Poetry Festival.
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Nov.01.2012 - 8:12 am
posted by Pauline Rowson
Crime author, Pauline Rowson introduces the eighth in the marine mystery series of crime novels set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England, featuring the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton...
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Nov.01.2012 - 12:07 am
posted by Sheila English
Devastated to learn of her son’s disappearance, Prosecutor Daphne Montgomery is convinced that his kidnapping is connected to the white supremacist she’s just had jailed for murder. FBI ...
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Oct.31.2012 - 12:00 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Six and a SLice Reading at Lit Crawl, 2012.
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Oct.30.2012 - 7:52 pm
posted by Joseph Means
Millie, Honey, and Honey's puppies are going to the lake, when they make a wonderful discovery! A traveling machine that takes them to Catatonia, a planet of felines. Where they enjoy an...
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Oct.24.2012 - 3:38 pm
posted by Jehanah Wedgwood
Jehanah Wedgwood reading her poem, Samhuinn.  This is an excerpt from a short film that will be screened at the Sacred Grounds Cafe poetry reading on November 28, 2012 for more information,...
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Oct.23.2012 - 7:56 pm
posted by Sheila English
Bestselling author V Gilbert Beers presents a Bible packed with over 100 exciting, interactive stories and pictures. As you read together, preschoolers discover that the Bible has a lot to say about...
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May.30.2010 - 1:43 pm
posted by Vicki Nikolaidis
Interesting views on Greek debt. Part 2.
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May.16.2009 - 5:22 pm
posted by Edmund Jenks
Palm Springs Tea Party Slideshow - Christopher Cerillo, Drew Sweatte, Jerry Jackson, Hilde Archuleta, Brian Benson, Carol Beson, and Lois MacRae are just a few of the people that were seen on Palm...
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Oct.12.2009 - 6:39 pm
posted by Nina LaCour
HOLD STILL book trailer made on a rainy day with a Super 8 camera and a lot love by the author and her friends. We hope you enjoy watching! What people are saying about HOLD STILL: "A beautifully...
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Aug.21.2008 - 11:05 pm
posted by Colby Buzzell
Interview on Democracy Now: Stop-Loss: A Look at the US Military Policy that Creates a "Backdoor Draft" to Force Soldiers to Continue Service With about 175,000 troops deployed in Iraq and...
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Jun.23.2011 - 4:50 pm
posted by Barry W. Lynn
Americans United's Barry W. Lynn reminds Texas Gov. Rick Perry that he wasn't hired to be a preacher. Support AU to help us fight this and other attacks on church-state separation.
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Sep.23.2009 - 5:05 am
posted by Christine Hamm
See me perform! Kinda purplish with bad hair. Also, what do I keep doing with my mouth? Roll tape.
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Feb.13.2012 - 10:37 am
posted by Jam Hamidi
This work was done for a well known musical outlet but ended up not being chosen.  I set it to a different music (which is definitely not as good) but the end result is still nanika.
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Mar.27.2009 - 5:08 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
The Composer is Dead, a San Francisco Symphony commission by San Francisco composer and SFS Youth Orchestra alumnus Nathaniel Stookey, with narration written and performed by popular childrens author...
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