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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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Jun.07.2013 - 5:22 pm
posted by Sam Barry
Co-authors Sam Barry and his late wife Kathi Kamen Goldman talk about whether authors should create websites for each book or a single website for all of an author's work.
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Jun.06.2013 - 10:37 pm
posted by Barbara Froman
The 1966 television production of Brigadoon starring Sally Ann Howes, Robert Goulet, Peter Falk, and Edward Villella.
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Jun.05.2013 - 7:05 pm
posted by 'Nathan Burgoine
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Carsen Taite while I was in New Orleans for the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival. We talked about short fiction, my upcoming novel, bookselling, the...
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Jun.05.2013 - 11:13 am
posted by Robert G Dunn
Robert Dunn reads an excerpt from his novel Stations of the Cross.
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Jun.05.2013 - 7:57 am
posted by Jeffrey A Ricker
'Nathan Burgoine gets the vlog treatment from Carsen Taite! And that little voice at the beginning that says "we're recording"? That's me!
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Jun.04.2013 - 3:45 am
posted by Michael Provitera
Florida Speaker's Network, Hollywood Florida
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Jun.02.2013 - 8:09 pm
posted by Eric Barnes
"Elegantly constructed and lovingly, tenderly, savagely written... the most harrowing portrait of American boys careening into manhood that I've ever read. And the truest." - Benjamin...
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Jun.02.2013 - 6:19 pm
posted by Brian Kavanagh
***** A darned good yarn, March 17, 2012 This review is from: Bloody Ham (BELINDA LAWRENCE MURDER MYSTERY) (Kindle Edition) Kavanagh at his best, this yarn takes the reader into the plastic world of...
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May.31.2013 - 10:57 pm
posted by John Cepelak
A video with period photographs of the Prologue from "Lincoln and Booth", an American grand opera in two acts, music by John Cepelak, libretto and book by Christina Rose as produced by Golden Gate...
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May.31.2013 - 12:58 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew Lam is an editor with New America Media and the author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora and East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres. His...
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Feb.25.2008 - 9:51 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is a clip from The Pathology of Privilege: Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality, the newly released video from the Media Education Foundation. The video is of a speech given by Tim...
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Mar.18.2008 - 3:11 pm
posted by Barack Obama
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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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Apr.08.2011 - 12:06 pm
posted by Deborah Santana
Strand Book Store, New York- February 23, 2011
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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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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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Sep.15.2012 - 2:24 am
posted by Joseph Means
Millie promised her dog Honey and her litters - Salazar, Jasmine, Burt and Blinky a day of fun and picnic at the lake. She kept her word, and they set out trekking at the edge of the forest. As they...
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Jan.14.2008 - 12:34 pm
posted by Barack Obama
Barack Obama speaks to his supporters after emerging victorious in the Iowa caucuses on January 3rd, 2008.
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