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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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Apr.21.2013 - 8:37 am
posted by Terry Spear
Alicia has planned a vacation at South Padre Island with her girlfriend Cassie in forever. But just as they're enjoying a day on the beach, here comes a dark fae to spoil their holiday, except only...
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Apr.19.2013 - 8:28 pm
posted by Ben Campbell
I give to you my version in video of the "Huntress: Year One" by Ivory Madison, writer, Chief Executive Officer, Editor in Chief and founder of Red Room.
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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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Apr.19.2013 - 12:46 pm
posted by David Henry Sterry
What should you do, then? Start with The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published.
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Apr.19.2013 - 11:24 am
posted by David Henry Sterry
Johns, Marks, Tricks & Chickenhawks: Professionals & Their Clients Writing about Each Other is the follow-up to Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys, the groundbreaking anthology that...
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Apr.17.2013 - 10:01 am
posted by Richard Goodman
This video describes Storyville, a unique collaboration between the MFA writing students at the University of New Orleans and WWNO Public Radio, the local NPR station in New Orleans. Put simply,...
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Apr.13.2013 - 6:10 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
   The thirteen stories in Birds of Paradise Lost shimmer with humor and pathos as they chronicle the anguish and joy and bravery of America’s newest Americans, the troubled lives...
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Apr.11.2013 - 12:29 pm
posted by Laura Albert
As JT LeRoy, Laura Albert wrote the celebrated novels SARAH and HAROLD’S END and the short-story collection THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS. Her identity was revealed in 2006, and here she...
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Apr.09.2013 - 8:04 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
"Don't let perfect get in the way of progress," says Tara Agacayak, of GlobalNiche.net.  In this video, Tara talks about our guiding principle of "polishing in public" -- putting our work out...
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:48 pm
posted by Khaled Hosseini
Funny video of conversation between Stephen Colbert and Khaled Hosseini on BookTV.
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Dec.14.2007 - 8:42 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is Tim Wise's opening statement during a November 2007 debate on affirmative action, held in New York City at the Asia Society. The debate, sponsored by Intelligence-squared and the Rozencranz...
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Dec.12.2011 - 9:30 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew Lam, the son of a general for the South Vietnamese Army, came to California at age eleven, during the fall of Saigon. His first book, Perfume Dreams, chronicles life as an immigrant in America...
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Mar.03.2010 - 8:07 am
posted by Naseem Rakha
Book Trailer for The Crying Tree By Naseem Rakha
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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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Aug.20.2008 - 6:36 pm
posted by Amy Tan
The world premiere of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, a new opera by Stewart Wallace based on Amy Tan’s best-selling novel of the same name with a libretto by the acclaimed author, is a highlight of San...
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Jan.05.2008 - 4:41 pm
posted by Pat Montandon
Peace Kids speak against war after viewing the Holocaust Memorial in Israel. See more at www.peace-kids.org.
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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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Jul.28.2012 - 10:29 am
posted by Collin Kelley
Reading "Wonder Woman" at the Polari series at Southbank Centre in London on June 11, 2012. Filmed by Donna Kile.
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