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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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Nov.27.2007 - 6:46 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) speaks at his San Francisco high school graduation in 1988.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:45 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) and Stephen Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields) play This Abyss and other material at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles on October 23, 2006.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:41 pm
posted by Roy Blount, Jr.
Roy Blount, Jr., talks about his book Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:39 pm
posted by Salman Rushdie
The Lavin Agency presents Salman Rushdie, one of the most acclaimed and controversial writers of our time, and the author of Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, and Shalimar the Clown.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:36 pm
posted by Jane Smiley
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley is back with a novel about a group of people stuck together for Ten Days in the Hills.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:30 pm
posted by Jane Ganahl
Litquake, San Francisco's literary festival, recently reached its eighth year. As always, there were many once-in-a-lifetime moments as we continued to showcase hundreds of authors, most from here in...
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:29 pm
posted by Ben Fong-Torres
Ben Fong-Torres and Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for the Doors, appear in 2006 at Book Passage in Corte Madera, California.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:24 pm
posted by Neal Pollack
Neal Pollack reads from Alternadad at Mo Pitkin’s in New York City in January 2007.
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Dec.09.2009 - 8:14 pm
posted by Alexander Crockett
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Nov.03.2010 - 1:04 pm
posted by Peter Conners
February 3, 2010. Peter Conners reads and discusses his memoir,Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead (Da Capo Press, 2010) for Syracuse University's Raymond Carver...
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Apr.13.2011 - 12:29 pm
posted by Michael Johnson
Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer and small business owner of custom imprinted promotional products and apparel: www.promoman.us, from Itasca, Illinois. He is heavily influenced by...
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Jul.10.2009 - 2:48 pm
posted by Michael Davis
Some times the story behind the story can be interesting. This video explores how the novel BLIND CONSENT was born and the personal linkage with the author, Michael Davis. Excerpts and reviews can be...
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Jan.14.2010 - 6:24 pm
posted by Sara Choate
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Mar.14.2011 - 12:40 pm
posted by Lyka Ledina
Please do watch this video... the views that will be counted in this video will dictate half of our final grade. The video is all about opportunity cost... it is whether you'd study or go with your...
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Sep.28.2009 - 1:07 pm
posted by Darlene Quinn
"Webs of Power" is a character-driven novel about three strong, but very different women, whose worlds are rocked by a high stakes corporate struggle. Destiny brings them together. Based on real...
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Nov.02.2011 - 3:20 am
posted by John Siddique
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Feb.15.2013 - 10:14 am
posted by Sandra Reed
  This video demonstrates the themes that are present in my writings and also reflects my thought process. I wrote this song in the 80's and it is so topical today.   My writing method...
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Oct.16.2009 - 4:46 pm
posted by Margaret Brownley
Try Margaret Brownley's new book and we guarantee that nothing--not stage robbers or rude passengers or even runaway horses--will come between you and A Lady Like Sarah.
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