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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.30.2007 - 6:33 pm
posted by Deborah Santana
Deborah Santana reflects on the lessons of the 1960s. For additional video footage of Deborah Santana, please visit: http://www.deborahsantana.com/video.asp
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:48 pm
posted by Khaled Hosseini
Funny video of conversation between Stephen Colbert and Khaled Hosseini on BookTV.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:48 pm
posted by Norman Mailer
Appearing on ForaTV, internationally acclaimed author and journalist Norman Mailer discusses his views on national pride, the Iraq war, and American neoconservatives. This excerpt is taken from a...
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:47 pm
posted by Amy Tan
Author Amy Tan reads from and discusses the fictional "Note to the Reader" from the beginning of her novel, Saving Fish From Drowning.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:46 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) speaks at his San Francisco high school graduation in 1988.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:45 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) and Stephen Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields) play This Abyss and other material at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles on October 23, 2006.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:41 pm
posted by Roy Blount, Jr.
Roy Blount, Jr., talks about his book Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:39 pm
posted by Salman Rushdie
The Lavin Agency presents Salman Rushdie, one of the most acclaimed and controversial writers of our time, and the author of Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, and Shalimar the Clown.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:36 pm
posted by Jane Smiley
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley is back with a novel about a group of people stuck together for Ten Days in the Hills.
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Apr.09.2013 - 7:53 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
  Anastasia Ashman, cofounder of GlobalNiche.net, talks about testing the waters of your social media circles with small shares of your content, opinions, commentary.  This is part of...
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Apr.21.2013 - 8:37 am
posted by Terry Spear
Alicia has planned a vacation at South Padre Island with her girlfriend Cassie in forever. But just as they're enjoying a day on the beach, here comes a dark fae to spoil their holiday, except only...
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Mar.02.2013 - 4:54 am
posted by Algis Kemezys
This is the last moments of my poisoned dogs life. This happened to me a few months ago in Greece.
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Mar.31.2013 - 8:39 pm
posted by Kali Meister
This is the short film Team Brick House made for the 2012 Seven Day Shoot Out Film Festival. Jeff Delaney won Best Supporting Actor for his acting as Mystery Date # 2: Scorpio Cowboy. Resolutions was...
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Mar.02.2013 - 5:12 am
posted by Algis Kemezys
This is a film from the island of Crete, Greece  looking at the curious phenomena of Mimetoliths. Rocks and stones that look like living beings. Coupled with myths from the island, this is an...
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Mar.20.2013 - 10:18 am
posted by Starr Reina
    If I tell you the story, will you believe me? Melinda James’ father is dead. But he tries to warn her from the ‘Other Side’ that the killers from the past want something only Melinda...
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Apr.21.2013 - 8:43 am
posted by Terry Spear
The motto of the vampires is that humans have to deal with problems on their own. But when Levka and his friends risk all to save human girls, he is injured and so the adventure begins. A cruise. A...
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Apr.11.2013 - 12:29 pm
posted by Laura Albert
As JT LeRoy, Laura Albert wrote the celebrated novels SARAH and HAROLD’S END and the short-story collection THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS. Her identity was revealed in 2006, and here she...
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Apr.19.2013 - 8:28 pm
posted by Ben Campbell
I give to you my version in video of the "Huntress: Year One" by Ivory Madison, writer, Chief Executive Officer, Editor in Chief and founder of Red Room.
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Apr.09.2013 - 7:55 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
When you're connected online but not benefitting fully, you're on the wrong side of the connected divide. Anastasia Ashman, cofounder of GlobalNiche.net, talks about intentional online presence and...
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