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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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Jul.11.2012 - 12:11 am
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Reading at Anger Management, Beast Crawl 2012@Paradisco. July 7th.
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Jul.11.2012 - 12:08 am
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Reading at Zygote California 2012, July 8th.
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Jul.09.2012 - 3:05 pm
posted by Deborah Lindquist
I recently did a photoshoot of my own version of Cinderella. Since wedding dresses have been my main focus lately, I thought it would be fun to shoot a fairytale love story.  It’s a romantic...
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Jul.09.2012 - 9:50 am
posted by Michael Uslan
Is any superhero cooler than Batman? He's a crime-fighting vigilante with a tragic past, a lawless attitude, and a seemingly endless supply of high-tech gadgetry. In this fully illustrated memoir,...
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Jul.07.2012 - 11:24 am
posted by Annie Frame
A strange wiches tale. Hercularrose is dead and has been many times, but this time she yearns to evolve, but to do so she must revisit all she has left behind on earth. Each vacated...
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Jul.05.2012 - 4:23 am
posted by Justus Roux
  Ferocity in which he loves- Master Alejandro wants his former submissive Angel back. He needs him, wants to possess him, and will do anything to get him back. Angel is his, will always be his...
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Jul.04.2012 - 2:49 pm
posted by Parthenia Hicks
Los Gatos Poet Laureate, Parthenia M. Hicks, reads her poem, Rare Volumes, written for the grand opening of the Los Gatos Library, February 2012.
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Jun.29.2012 - 4:11 pm
posted by Tom Wagner
Colleagues and Friends! I want to share an infomercial I wrote and directed under freelance contract for MidnightGigs.com, which turned out quite well, especially given the limitations (e.g. small...
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Jun.29.2012 - 9:10 am
posted by Henry Mosquera
November 1st, 2011. A live interview with the author of the award-winning, critically acclaimed thriller "Sleeper's Run." Topics discussed include: First hand research for book - urban survival...
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Mar.14.2008 - 3:16 pm
posted by JT Ellison
Book trailer for 14, the second in the Taylor Jackson series From Mira Books September 2008
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Nov.13.2007 - 2:07 pm
Litquake 2007, Feisty Femmes: Facing Challenge With Humor, Grace, and Brains
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Apr.06.2008 - 6:41 pm
posted by Susanne Pari
Oy, a rather long intro here. So sorry to Khaled's fans. This is not a typical Book Group Expo Salon, because only one author is being interviewed and the author reads from the book. But Khaled is...
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Sep.16.2011 - 5:42 pm
posted by Susan Hagen
Susan and Mary talk about their book in this short video clip done by CNN to promote their "Women of 9/11" documentary just before the 10th anniversary of 9/11   http://www.cnn.com/video/?/...
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Sep.19.2012 - 4:12 pm
posted by Charles A. Ray
Third in the Buffalo Soldier series of historical novels for young adults; Ben Carter and his men are sent to Cactus Junction to help the settlers who are being threatened by a gang of rustlers led...
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Oct.03.2012 - 10:16 pm
Kirsten Imani Kasai reads selections from her new e-book "Rhapsody in Snakeskin: Tales of Erotic Horror" at Writers with Drinks at the Make-Out Room, San Francisco, CA. March 2012.
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Sep.11.2008 - 7:47 am
posted by chella courington
The Boss's "Spirits in the Night" inspired the short story "Greasy Lake" by TC Boyle. He uses this line from the song as an epigraph: "It's a mile down on the dark side of Route 88." See/hear the...
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Dec.29.2011 - 3:32 am
posted by Tom Carter
Travel photographer Tom Carter spent 2 years backpacking 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces in China to create "CHINA: Portrait of a People" the most comprehensive book of photography on...
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Sep.26.2011 - 5:25 pm
posted by Aberjhani
"Angel of Peace" by Aberjhani has been described as poem number 5 in the author's "Songs of the Angelic Gaze" series and was published in the book THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS. Some of the text in this...
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Jan.20.2009 - 5:39 am
posted by Scott C. Holstad
This is one of my favorite Bukowski poems. It's nearly six minutes long, but well worth it, IMO. It's from his 1970 chapbook bearing the same title. Hard to find and very expensive now. Enjoy!
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