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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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May.12.2013 - 9:22 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Lara Genovese peforms Zarina Zabrisky's short story "Wanderlust" at Liars' League HK, Hong Kong.
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May.11.2013 - 4:48 pm
posted by Terry Spear
In the heat of the jungle, jaguars are clawed, dangerous, and hungry for love. With hopes of overcoming night terrors and thanking the man who saved her life, Kathleen McKnight returns to the Amazon...
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May.10.2013 - 6:55 pm
posted by Kristen Caven
Kristen Caven reads the "glass slipper" passage at her picnic lawn-lawnch-lunch party at Lake Merritt in Oakland. 
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May.09.2013 - 11:30 am
posted by Warren Adler
Warren Adler goes on The Rita Cosby Show on WOR 710 AM to discuss his novel The War of the Roses-The Children, the sequel to his iconic novel The War of the Roses.  
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May.09.2013 - 11:06 am
posted by Warren Adler
TV star Dorothy Cascerceri notes the best A-List Mother's Day gifts for this year, adding Warren Adler's The War of the Roses-The Children to that list.
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May.09.2013 - 6:04 am
posted by Terry Spear
Jaguar shifter Maya Anderson learns about a secret jaguar society through underground social networking sites. She wanted to discover others like her, but now she's got more trouble than she...
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May.09.2013 - 5:52 am
posted by Terry Spear
They start out in the Amazon on a mission with hot SEAL Bjornolf ghosting the mission. When they return, Hunter's got another for them--all to do with Christmas--something Anna's not keen on...
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May.09.2013 - 5:30 am
posted by Terry Spear
Seeking to save Cassie from the dark fae, Princess Alicia runs into trouble in the form of dangerous fae seers. A dragon fae, who is different from all the rest, is sent to locate and rescue her....
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May.09.2013 - 5:22 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...
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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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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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Mar.29.2012 - 3:53 pm
posted by Thaisa Frank
Thaisa Frank talks about writing her debut novel, "Heidegger's Glasses." She reveals how the story idea came to her, the significance of the title, and how she made the transition from published poet...
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Feb.02.2011 - 9:31 am
posted by Stacy Ann Nyikos
What happens when you take a world class herder, a lightning fast roper, and a ranch chalked full of cowfish? Trouble. Big trouble. The kind that starts with a T that rhymes with a B and stands for...
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Sep.12.2008 - 7:54 am
posted by Lisa Solod
The greatest music collection in the world
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Mar.17.2013 - 10:49 am
posted by Barbara Froman
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Jan.14.2010 - 1:08 pm
posted by David Scott Milton
[The film is on four YouTube files. After Gog 1, hit "More Dogolov" and the other three files will come up.] Gog1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw3oQb2-urU; Gog 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Apr.30.2013 - 1:00 pm
posted by Geling Yan
采访中国作家阿来、莫言和严歌苓 Chinese-language Interviews at the London Book Fair of Authors A Lai, Mo Yan and Yan Geling.  (Yan Geling's starts around minute 5:00).  Not great production values but good...
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May.10.2013 - 6:55 pm
posted by Kristen Caven
Kristen Caven reads the "glass slipper" passage at her picnic lawn-lawnch-lunch party at Lake Merritt in Oakland. 
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