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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.07.2012 - 1:16 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky's reading at MAPP, Chattering Loom, San Francisco.
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Dec.07.2012 - 11:39 am
posted by John Hospodka
John Hospodka's 'Dog Speak: Homage to an American Poet' sets out to pay tribute to writer and poet Jim Harrison. Against the backdrop of a hallucinatory weekend in the 'country' and the eventual sad...
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Dec.06.2012 - 11:24 pm
posted by Barbara Froman
Because tomorrow marks the beginning of Hanukkah, the CCC breaks for a true gem:  Studs Terkel interviewing Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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Dec.06.2012 - 10:26 am
posted by Caridad Pineiro
When Hurricane Sandy came roaring onto the Jersey Shore, it left a path of destruction in her wake. I was blessed that my home and my daughter’s shop were unaffected by the storm, although our towns...
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Dec.06.2012 - 9:44 am
posted by Barbara Froman
What would the holidays be without Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's suite from the Nutcracker? Here it is, Walt Disney style, from Fantasia (1940). The conductor is Leopold Stokowski.
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Dec.05.2012 - 8:36 am
posted by Barbara Froman
Judy Garland's moist eyes and rich, soulful voice.... Is there anything more lovely, more wistful than this? Meet me in St. Louis (1944) Dir. Vincente Minnelli
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Dec.04.2012 - 2:16 pm
posted by Alexander Galant
A 1-minute trailer for the award-winning historical thriller novel DEPTH OF DECEPTION (A Titanic Murder Mystery) by Alexander Galant
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Dec.04.2012 - 10:22 am
posted by Barbara Froman
You know those evenings, after you've been out shopping all day?  You just want to veg on your sofa, but you're also famished, and not sure what you want. Maybe a nice juicy hamburger would hit...
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Dec.04.2012 - 9:26 am
posted by Laura Miller
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Dec.03.2012 - 6:48 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
You know you're the perfect candidate. We see it all the time: capable, talented, skilled people being overlooked. Maybe you're not getting hired or promoted, or asked to speak. It's...
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Feb.29.2008 - 4:34 pm
posted by Marc Leepson
The Battlefield Tour given by Marc Leepson of the Monocacy National Battlefield Park in Maryland and Fort Stevens in Washington, D.C., which appeared on C-SPAN's Book TV in December 2007 and January...
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Sep.27.2008 - 11:59 am
posted by Amy King
Amy King reads at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn on September 12, 2008.
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Mar.05.2008 - 5:40 pm
posted by Elizabeth Rosner
Litquake 2007, reading at Ladies Last Lit: Grrl-Power Girl Hour.
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Sep.20.2008 - 4:14 pm
posted by Jon Clinch
Jon Clinch reads from Finn at the American Library Association's Notable Books Breakfast.
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Dec.03.2011 - 9:59 am
posted by Diana Raab
In appreciation for establishing the "Distinguished Writer In Residence Fund" for Spaulding University MFA in Writing Program. 
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Nov.07.2011 - 9:00 pm
posted by Kala Ambrose
Explore haunted lighthouses, forts, and shipwrecked areas of East Carolina where Blackbeard and his pirates still roam as you join author and paranormal researcher Kala Ambrose in Ghost Hunting...
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Feb.22.2009 - 10:55 am
posted by Terence Clarke
Portions of a conversation with Terence Clarke for a stage show entitled "Tango: A Romantic Ritual", which is available in video from Social Dance Cultures. (www.socialdancecultures.org)
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May.18.2010 - 11:19 am
posted by Jayne Lyn Stahl
Jayne Lyn Stahl reads with Gordon Massman, and Tony Gloeggler as a 40th anniversary celebration for The New York Quarterly, and to celebrate the publication of her new collection of poetry, "Riding...
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May.06.2012 - 8:35 am
posted by Gloria Oliver
Author video reading of the 1st chapter of the young adult fantasy "Willing Sacrifice"   To save the world she must die! Or must she? For as long as she can remember, La'tiera has known her...
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