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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.01.2008 - 6:40 pm
posted by Georgina Spelvin
Part 1 of a recent backyard interview with the then-70-year-old, retired XXX erotic movie actress and star of the 1973 "porn chic" classic, The Devil in Miss Jones, Ms. Georgina Spelvin.
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Dec.01.2008 - 6:38 pm
posted by Georgina Spelvin
Part 2 of a recent backyard interview with the then-70-year-old, retired XXX erotic movie actress and star of the 1973 "porn chic" classic, The Devil in Miss Jones, Ms. Georgina Spelvin.
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Dec.01.2008 - 6:36 pm
posted by Georgina Spelvin
Part 3 of a recent backyard interview with the then-70-year-old, retired XXX erotic movie actress and star of the 1973 "porn chic" classic, The Devil in Miss Jones, Ms. Georgina Spelvin.
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Nov.30.2008 - 4:05 am
posted by Cassandra Tribe
De su nuevo libro, el corazón avaro, Cassandra Tribe incursiona en el personaje una vez más y entrega el corazón de una de las más eternas historias de amor y pasión, Ovids Baucis y Filemón. From...
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Nov.29.2008 - 10:05 am
posted by Beth Mann
Down for the count today. Ear infection from cold water surfing, high fever. As a slightly addictive personality type, I always relish in the cheap high a fever brings - that surreal "I'm a balloon...
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Nov.29.2008 - 7:22 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is part of my Nov. 1 speech in Chicago, in which I discuss the clash of historical narratives on display between Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright (the latter of whom was in the audience),...
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Nov.29.2008 - 2:33 am
posted by Courtney V. Cowart
On the Third Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, sacred citizen Courtney Cowart and community organizer, Shakoor Aljuwani discuss moral issues related to the just recovery of New Orleans, and where...
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Nov.28.2008 - 3:52 pm
posted by Chip Kidd
The Art of the Book: Behind the Covers with Dave Eggers, Chip Kidd, Milton Glaser and moderator Michael Bierut at the 92nd Street Y in New York, December 4, 2006.
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Nov.28.2008 - 3:06 pm
posted by Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd chats, sings and inspires in this video for Dwell.com
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Nov.28.2008 - 2:50 pm
posted by Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd - in support of his new novel, THE LEARNERS, presents 5 experiments in FORM and CONTENT.
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Jan.20.2009 - 1:52 pm
posted by Isaac Roldan
Webster's New World Dictionary announces "overshare" as 2008's Word of the Year. Watch Editor-In-Chief Mike Agnes's explanation of why "overshare" was selected, plus real life examples of oversharing...
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Apr.19.2009 - 8:39 am
posted by R. N. Morris
Hailed with glowing reviews , R. N. Morris’s The Gentle Axe borrowed Porfiry Petrovich of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment to create a wholly new, hauntingly authentic novel of suspense. A Vengeful...
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Aug.03.2009 - 8:20 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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Aug.26.2009 - 6:20 pm
posted by Bernice Angoh
I enjoyed making this video. Those are pictures of me and my hubby.
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Sep.11.2009 - 1:07 pm
posted by Jen Hill
An original anthology celebrating Rod Serling’s landmark television series When it first aired in 1959, The Twilight Zone was nothing less than groundbreaking television. Freed from much of the...
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Dec.04.2009 - 9:30 am
Taking your child to a shrink is a growing form of child abuse. Parents make their own child a scapegoat by branding him a patient instead of facing their own problems. Children simply react to...
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Feb.18.2010 - 5:03 am
posted by Sheila English
After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her...
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Mar.21.2010 - 2:39 pm
posted by Jean Kwok
Author video of Jean Kwok. She discusses the story of GIRL IN TRANSLATION and how she came to write it.
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Mar.21.2010 - 6:32 pm
posted by Stacy Juba
This is a book trailer for Stacy Juba's mystery novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today. For twenty-five years, Diana Ferguson's killer has gotten away with murder. When rookie obit writer and newsroom...
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