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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.04.2013 - 11:51 am
posted by Reina Menasche
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Feb.02.2013 - 12:48 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
Leadership coach Tanya Monsef Bunger guides you to imagine what it feels like if you do not successfully complete a project you're working on this year. What's at stake? What's at the core of not...
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Feb.02.2013 - 12:46 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
Leadership coach Tanya Monsef Bunger guides you to imagine what it feels like to successfully complete a project you're working on this year. This visioning exercise is from our monthly, private...
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Feb.02.2013 - 12:45 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
Tara Agacayak of GlobalNiche.net explains a digital footprint as the trail you leave online through all your activities: comments you leave on websites, your own blog posts and status updates and...
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Jan.31.2013 - 12:06 pm
Trailer for North of Hope: A Daughter's Arctic Journey, available April 9, 2013 everywhere books are sold.
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Jan.30.2013 - 10:53 pm
posted by Cliff Burns
A first glimpse at a world far beyond our planetary system. Alien, exotic, a planet unlike anything we've experienced before... Images and music by Cliff Burns For more information on the work of...
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Jan.26.2013 - 11:30 am
posted by kelly jean rice
awesome video
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Jan.25.2013 - 8:59 pm
posted by Ron Parsons
In this video interview with the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Ron Parsons discusses his path as a writer, the growing literary community in South Dakota, and his upcoming collection of short stories, "...
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Jan.20.2008 - 9:29 pm
posted by Geling Yan
Trailer for the film Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (天浴) based on the author's short story "Celestial Bath."  This film, directed by Joan Chen, won seven Golden Horses (Taiwan equivalent of...
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Sep.12.2008 - 4:29 pm
posted by Thich Nhat Hanh
TIME's David Van Biema recently interviewed Thich Nhat Hahn, the famous zen monk who helped lead protests in the 1960s during the war in his native Vietnam.
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Nov.01.2011 - 3:23 pm
posted by Geling Yan
This is the trailer for the Chinese market for The Flowers of War, based on my eponymous novel to be published by Harvill Secker of the UK (Chinese title 金陵十三钗).  YouTube is blocked in...
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Jul.10.2008 - 8:47 pm
posted by Amy Tan
An inane conversation with Steve Martin and members of the Rock Bottom Remainders: Mitch Albom, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Greg Iles, Kathi Goldmark, Dave Barry, Roger McGuinn, Matt Groening...
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Jul.28.2009 - 12:31 pm
posted by Tim Wise
Here is a 10 minute clip of my April 2009 presentation at the White Privilege Conference, as carried on CSPAN2 - BookTV
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Dec.10.2007 - 7:28 pm
posted by Neal Pollack
My son tells you everything you need to know about the WGA strike.
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Dec.16.2008 - 5:08 pm
posted by Scott C. Holstad
Watch this amazing video of Christian the Lion, and be prepared to cry (in a good way). (I know this isn't a "literary" video, but I just had to post it anyway....)
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Dec.09.2010 - 2:29 pm
posted by Michael Anthony
Joke about the OctoMom Nudya Suleman. I tried my hand at stand up comedy, and these are some of my jokes, for more and better jokes, please go to: www.MassCasualties.com
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Dec.10.2007 - 3:42 pm
posted by Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler appears on The Late Show with David Letterman in August 2007 and talks about show business, intoxication, relationships, and her book, My Horizontal Life, among other things.
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