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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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Jan.11.2013 - 1:43 pm
posted by Bretigne Shaffer
This was my entry in Tori Amos' "Taxi Ride" music video competition, 2003.  I didn't win, but it was fun to make!
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Jan.11.2013 - 1:42 pm
posted by Bretigne Shaffer
My final project at the New York Film Academy.  Shot on 16mm and edited on a Steenbeck.
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Jan.10.2013 - 2:36 pm
posted by Suzanne Covich
Danielle Orlando, an Edith Cowan University media/journalist student in Western Australia who cares for our kids and cares for my story, made this short documentary as part of her third year final...
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Jan.09.2013 - 3:17 pm
posted by Ron McElroy
"Author Ron McElroy discusses how he wrote Wrong Side of the Tracks, his recently published memoir. McElroy reports having spent a lengthy amount of time without any sense of focus or...
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Jan.08.2013 - 5:53 pm
posted by Sheila English
NBA superstar Amar’e Stoudemire talks about the inspiration behind his new middle grade series, STAT: Standing Tall and Talented. Find out more at www.scholastic.com/sports
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Jan.07.2013 - 4:57 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky reading "Halloween at the Gym," Bernal Yoga Literary Series.
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Jan.07.2013 - 1:26 pm
posted by Sheila English
In the all-new epic adventure from Dav Pilkey, George and Harold travel through time to save Captain Underpants and the world from certain destruction! Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of...
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Jan.07.2013 - 2:17 am
posted by Pauline Rowson
Pauline Rowson is the author of the crime series featuring the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton set against the backdrop of the sea in the Solent, Portsmouth. This short video is taken from CSI...
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Jan.06.2013 - 4:15 pm
posted by Sheila English
Ms. Clevis is one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving. Until the morning she accidentallyputs the wrong ingredients into her breakfast smoothie. Suddenly she finds herself switchingback...
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Sep.07.2010 - 9:01 pm
posted by Ivory Madison
If you are over the age of 16 you will look at this video quizzically like the RCA dog. This is guaranteed if you know who the RCA dog is. The RCA dog on my Victrola is rolling over in his grave. Our...
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Sep.24.2012 - 9:37 am
posted by Jane Hirshfield
This video lesson on metaphor just went up on the TED ED site (a new initiative TED is doing to provide free teaching materials in brief, animated form for anyone who wants to make use of them). It...
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Nov.26.2008 - 3:13 pm
posted by Brenda Webster
Please enjoy this five minute book trailer for Brenda Webster's Vienna Triangle, a story of rivalry, intrigue and suicide in Freud's inner circle.
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May.19.2008 - 10:58 am
posted by Heather Goyette
Who hasn't wondered what The Shining would have been like if it had been a romantic comedy? Honestly, who has? Apparently one person because someone took the time and made a trailer depicting just...
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Apr.02.2012 - 10:42 pm
posted by Abraham Mertens
This video shows two boats from the Dutch student rowing club Njord, where I rowed when I studied in Leiden, the Netherlands, in 1997-8. This video brings back lots of great memories. Below is a...
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Nov.01.2011 - 3:23 pm
posted by Geling Yan
This is the trailer for the Chinese market for The Flowers of War, based on my eponymous novel to be published by Harvill Secker of the UK (Chinese title 金陵十三钗).  YouTube is blocked in...
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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.23.2012 - 10:22 am
posted by Mitch Cullin
One writer, one cat, & eighteen years of uneasy companionship: author Mitch Cullin talks about his beloved yet cranky pet Zooey and how this singular feline—despite her violent attacks...
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