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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.03.2009 - 2:38 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Feb.03.2009 - 2:32 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Feb.03.2009 - 12:58 pm
posted by Zhana Books
This is a short (six-minute) video based on my choreopoem, "Harriet", which describes an imaginary meeting between Harriet Jacobs and Harriet Tubman. Harriet Jacobs, author of Incidents in the Life...
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Feb.03.2009 - 12:58 pm
posted by Zhana Books
This is a short (six-minute) video based on my choreopoem, "Harriet", which describes an imaginary meeting between Harriet Jacobs and Harriet Tubman. Harriet Jacobs, author of Incidents in the Life...
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Feb.02.2009 - 6:21 pm
posted by former member
Here’s a short feature on The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. Special thanks to Kerri Hughes, Malik Robinson, and Matt Porter for producing the piece.
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Feb.02.2009 - 5:54 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Feb.02.2009 - 5:51 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Feb.02.2009 - 3:15 pm
posted by Jen Hill
By 1300 AD, the Sky Hand people had crushed and enslaved the Albaamaha people and built their high-walled capital, Split Sky City, to dominate towns up and down the Black Warrior River. But a violent...
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Feb.02.2009 - 3:09 pm
posted by Jen Hill
Nothing interesting ever happened to fifteen-year-old orphans Eliot and Fiona while theyve lived in the strict, oppressive household of their grandmother. A chance visit, however, reveals that there...
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Feb.01.2009 - 11:45 am
posted by Bozena Intrator
A poem written by Bozena Intrator for her father. We will walk together through the meadows… It was a beautiful summer day, late June. The air was full of flowers smells. My father said with a quite...
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Sep.09.2011 - 11:56 am
posted by Beth Mann
Thrush TV was my pet video project for many years. It was an absurdist comedy show with a dark side made by a bunch of crazy actors.
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May.09.2012 - 5:20 pm
posted by Sheila English
The beach. The boardwalk. The ghosts… All Sara wants is to be “normal,” but her paranormal abilitiesmake that difficult. And, now that she’s moving across the country to an old New Jersey shore...
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Mar.03.2013 - 12:32 am
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky gave an introduction to "Russian Ark", a film by Alexander Sokurov.  At Cinemalit, at Mechanics' Institute, SF.
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Apr.09.2013 - 8:00 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
Anastasia Ashman, cofounder of GlobalNiche.net, talks about digital literacy and how it's about creating a system that works for you to master the influx and outgo of information. Apologies to Clay...
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Apr.29.2008 - 2:51 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Devin Alexander, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Biggest Loser Cookbook, lets you have your cake and lose weight, too, with sinfully tempting — yet amazingly healthy — recipes for...
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Jun.09.2008 - 1:26 pm
posted by Sharon Siepel
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Jan.27.2009 - 11:33 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
For most of us, having a baby is the most profound, intense, and fascinating experience of our lives. Now scientists and philosophers are starting to appreciate babies, too. The last decade has...
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