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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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Dec.13.2007 - 4:46 pm
posted by Peggy Orenstein
Red Room presents Peggy Orenstein reading from Waiting for Daisy at Litquake 2007, San Francisco's annual literary festival.
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Dec.10.2007 - 7:28 pm
posted by Neal Pollack
I teach my five-year-old son the Spartan way of warfare.
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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.10.2007 - 4:18 pm
posted by Maya Angelou
This video was made for a project. Comments are appreciated. Enjoy! Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling...
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:11 pm
posted by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou reads her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the 1993 presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton. (The audio gets a little out of sync early on but only lasts around 10 seconds.)
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:08 pm
posted by Norman Mailer
Charlie Rose interviews Norman Mailer about The Castle in the Forest.
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:06 pm
posted by Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, discusses his new bestselling novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns.
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:05 pm
posted by Amy Tan
Amy Tan gives a revealing interview about music, singing, and performing.
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:04 pm
posted by James Patterson
James' brand new interview with First Book, a nonprofit organization that gives low income families their first books to read.
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:03 pm
posted by Clive Barker
Clive Barker talks about his upcoming works at the Fangoria magazine's Weekend of Horrors 2007 conference in Burbank, California.
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Nov.04.2008 - 6:23 pm
posted by romantic romantic
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Jan.27.2009 - 2:25 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Aug.27.2009 - 12:42 am
posted by Sheila English
In this transparent and engaging spiritual memoir, the critically acclaimed author of Crossing Myself explores how we can live faithfully and joyfully in the face of the uncertain, the unfinished,...
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Sep.19.2009 - 9:37 pm
posted by Julia Stein
|In 2007, 2008, and 2009 September 18 people in park-poor Los Angeles came together to make parks for one day.
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Oct.14.2009 - 1:08 am
posted by Sheila English
Boyfriend behaving badly... Suspect your husband of straying... Jennifer Hunter can provide the ultimate test. She runs an agency that offers fidelity inspections for those who suspect their loved...
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Mar.23.2010 - 10:09 pm
posted by Sheila English
Trapped with a bloodthirsty killer behind locked gates, one woman comes face to face with her worst nightmare: a killer without limitswithout remorsewithout mercy. Without Mercy: the pulse pounding...
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Apr.06.2010 - 9:40 pm
posted by Sheila English
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical, everything having to do with Jeremiah and Conrad, happens then. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more...
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Jul.31.2008 - 11:13 pm
posted by Michael Koenigs
Learn why podcasting can establish you as a credible expert on any topic and how you can quickly, cheaply and easily make podcasts that will help you build your platform as an expert, speaker and...
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Nov.25.2008 - 8:20 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
By developing and toning her own bounce-back muscles at critical points in her life, Lisa found the power to become her authentic self and achieve everything she dared to hope for. Now, in NO MATTER...
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Mar.16.2009 - 8:13 pm
posted by Julia Stein
This song is a musical tribute to laidoff workers at U.S. Steel/Stelco in Ontario, Canada, and also in tribute to laidoff workers everywhere
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