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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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Feb.25.2013 - 10:44 am
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky reading her poem "The Hat" at Saturday Night Special.
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Feb.25.2013 - 7:30 am
posted by Cliff Burns
Cliff Burns gives a rare public reading, filmed in October, 2012 at the launch of two books:  New & Selected Poems (1984-2011) and Stromata: Prose Works (1992-2011). "Out Loud" was directed...
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Feb.22.2013 - 8:04 pm
posted by Kristen Caven
This is an introduction to a high-concept musical/novel project by Kristen Caven and composer Michael O'Dell.
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Feb.22.2013 - 2:04 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky reading her memoir at 5 Memoirists at Meridian Gallery.
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Feb.21.2013 - 11:50 pm
posted by Barbara Froman
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
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Feb.21.2013 - 11:12 am
posted by Karen M. Rider
Appearance on Meet the Author, January 2013 Let's talk about publishing stresses and successes! Updates on my recent assignments for The Writer magazine, including author websites,...
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Feb.21.2013 - 11:02 am
posted by Karen M. Rider
Co-host Meet the Author, October 2012 What is metaphysical fiction? What is a visionary story? In this episode, along with host Jason Alster, I interview novelist Patricia Sheehy about...
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Feb.21.2013 - 10:54 am
posted by Barbara Froman
The Critic (1963) Dir. Ernest Pintoff (written and narrated by Mel Brooks)
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Feb.20.2013 - 7:46 am
posted by Barbara Froman
Lavatory Lovestory (2007) written and directed by Konstantin Bronzit
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Aug.17.2011 - 10:57 am
posted by Linton Robinson
Push the button.  A moving picture is worth a thousand words.
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Nov.30.2008 - 4:05 am
posted by Cassandra Tribe
De su nuevo libro, el corazón avaro, Cassandra Tribe incursiona en el personaje una vez más y entrega el corazón de una de las más eternas historias de amor y pasión, Ovids Baucis y Filemón. From...
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Apr.25.2013 - 8:19 am
posted by Jo Maeder
  "A fun, rollicking tale with an enchanted setting, the kind of book you want to share with your dearest friends. Do yoruself a favor and don't mis this one!"        ...
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Sep.04.2010 - 2:35 am
posted by Adrian Davidson
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Apr.13.2011 - 12:29 pm
posted by Michael Johnson
Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer and small business owner of custom imprinted promotional products and apparel: www.promoman.us, from Itasca, Illinois. He is heavily influenced by...
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Jan.13.2011 - 2:01 pm
posted by Sara Kaplan
A poetry reading from my forthcoming chapbook in the fall of 2010.
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Jan.15.2009 - 9:24 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Carlos Frías, an award-winning journalist and the American-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing about his parents' homeland only in parables. Their Cuba, the one they left behind four decades...
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Aug.28.2011 - 5:58 am
posted by Ciara Lake
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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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Apr.19.2013 - 3:09 pm
posted by Caroline Leavitt
How does an outsider find inroads in a closed community? In the 1950s suburbia was supposed to be paradise, and everyone was supposed to be the same. But then, divorced, Jewish Ava Lark and her 12-...
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