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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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Mar.15.2013 - 6:53 pm
posted by Michael Provitera
CONVERSATIONS - Episode 103, "Michael Provitera" 10/8/2012. Location: The African American Heritage Museum, Miami, Florida. Hosted by Laurea Rambeau. Lengh: 9 minutes. This video will inspire people...
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Mar.14.2013 - 9:56 pm
posted by Ivory Madison
Ivory Madison, CEO of Red Room, a social media and sales platform for successful authors, gave this talk, titled "Bonfire of the Vanity Metrics," at The Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco in...
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Mar.14.2013 - 2:58 pm
posted by Laura Miller
LAURA MILLER is author of the national bestselling novel, "Butterfly Weeds." She grew up in eastern Missouri and spent years as a newspaper reporter before starting a career in fiction. Miller...
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Mar.14.2013 - 2:56 pm
posted by Laura Miller
Will Stephens found love at a young age in a small-town girl with a restless heart. He knew he loved her. What he didn't know, however, was that he would spend a good part of his life chasing after...
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Mar.12.2013 - 6:16 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
GlobalNiche.net's gift to help you build your online presence your way: a 45-minute video workshop of solid basics for beginners & fresh perspective for intermediates "Before I watched this...
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Mar.10.2013 - 9:56 pm
posted by Laurel Anne Hill
In February, I again attended RadCon in Pasco, Washington.  RadCon is an amazing gathering held at the Red Lion Hotel and organized by fans in the Tri-Cities area.  The...
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Mar.10.2013 - 5:41 pm
posted by Sangay Glass
I've been busy gathering inspirational stories from people who've had healing, moving and spiritual encounters with “wolfers”, domestic-bred wolves and wolf dogs, for my book, Wolfer Magic. ...
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Mar.06.2013 - 2:40 pm
posted by Ralph McNeal Sr.
One day while having lunch with clients, Jonathan notices a young well-dressed man dining with another group who looks uncanny familiar.  Later running into each other in the washroom, Jonathan...
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Mar.05.2013 - 4:50 pm
posted by Collin Kelley
Poems of a family in crisis, of infidelity, of sexual discovery, and of 40 years in pop culture. This is Render, the new poetry collection by award-winning writer Collin Kelley. Available now from...
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Mar.05.2013 - 10:56 am
posted by Barbara Froman
David Silverman's short animated film, The Longest Day Care was nominated for an Academy Award this year. A delightful film, it has the added benefit of having my stepson as its music editor. So,...
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:11 pm
posted by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou reads her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the 1993 presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton. (The audio gets a little out of sync early on but only lasts around 10 seconds.)
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Jul.09.2008 - 9:33 am
posted by Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed sits down at his 1915 upright piano while he plays Tadd Dameron's "If You Could See Me Now."
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May.01.2011 - 12:23 am
posted by Matt Beynon Rees
Trailer for Matt Rees's historical crime novel MOZART'S LAST ARIA. It's 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is Vienna's brightest star. But six weeks after he tells his wife that he has been poisoned,...
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Oct.26.2011 - 5:34 pm
posted by Ishmael Reed
On Wed Oct 12 11, Litquake presented Ishmael Reed with its annual Barbary Coast Award in honor of his long-standing contributions to the Bay Area literary scene. Hosted by W. Kamau Bell, friends/...
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May.02.2011 - 11:54 pm
posted by Matt Beynon Rees
Matt Rees's first reading from his historical crime novel MOZART'S LAST ARIA. It's 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is Vienna's brightest star. But six weeks after he tells his wife that he has been...
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Feb.25.2008 - 9:47 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is a teaser for the newly-released video, The Pathology of Privilege: Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality, from the Media Education Foundation. The video is of a speech given by...
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Dec.16.2008 - 6:27 am
posted by Geling Yan
Trailer of movie "Mei Lan Fang (Forever Enthralled)" directed by Chen Kaige ("Farewell my Concubine") and starring Leon Lai and Ziyi Zhang. Script of this movie was written by Geling Yan, with...
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Jul.28.2009 - 12:31 pm
posted by Tim Wise
Here is a 10 minute clip of my April 2009 presentation at the White Privilege Conference, as carried on CSPAN2 - BookTV
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Sep.12.2012 - 9:15 pm
posted by Bill Vartnaw
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