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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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Mar.31.2013 - 8:36 pm
posted by Kali Meister
This is the short film I wrote, performed in, and produced in 2012 for the 24 Hour Film Festival. I was nominated for best screenplay. 
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Mar.31.2013 - 2:04 pm
posted by Charles A. Ray
An obscure incident in a country unknown to most Americans causes reverberations in Washington, DC. A shadowy group is orchestrating things from behind the scenes, and it's up to a small group of...
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Mar.29.2013 - 11:06 am
posted by David Henry Sterry
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Mar.27.2013 - 9:55 am
posted by Kim Cooper
For the last 94 years, Cutie has behaved like a lady. She has done what is expected of her with a smile and all the graciousness a lady can muster. But always, she has wondered how things would have...
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Mar.27.2013 - 9:15 am
posted by Laurel Anne Hill
Got steam?   How about clockwork and goggles?  Shanghai Steam, an anthology from Absolute XPress, has all three and way, way more.  Qi powered machines and flying monks.  ...
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Mar.24.2013 - 12:34 pm
posted by Kristin Fouquet
A book trailer for Kristin Fouquet's second book, "Rampart and Toulouse," a novella and other stories published by Rank Stranger Press. August 2011. Via Le Salon:http://kristin.fouquet.cc
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Mar.21.2013 - 7:09 pm
posted by Jeffrey A Ricker
"SWOON: A Literary Evening of Love, Sex, and Chocolate," was organized on March 20 by writers Ruth Daniell and Kayla Czaga and was held at CocoaNymph in Vancouver. (Sex and chocolate, what's not to...
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Mar.20.2013 - 12:50 pm
posted by Lucille Lang Day
Peter Crooks of Diablo Magazine interviewed me for the Get Lit TV program. We discussed my memoir, Married at Fourteen: A True Story.
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Mar.20.2013 - 10:18 am
posted by Starr Reina
    If I tell you the story, will you believe me? Melinda James’ father is dead. But he tries to warn her from the ‘Other Side’ that the killers from the past want something only Melinda...
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Aug.14.2008 - 1:26 pm
posted by Maya Angelou
Poet and author Maya Angelou speaks out about her pride in and support of Hillary's run for the White House.
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May.09.2008 - 4:59 pm
posted by Ishmael Reed
On April 21, 2008, redroom.com authors Peter Coyote, David Ewing Duncan, Bill Hayes, Ishmael Reed, Belle Yang joined redroom.com founder and CEO Ivory Madison at the Commonwealth Club in San...
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May.02.2011 - 11:54 pm
posted by Matt Beynon Rees
Matt Rees's first reading from his historical crime novel MOZART'S LAST ARIA. It's 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is Vienna's brightest star. But six weeks after he tells his wife that he has been...
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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.16.2008 - 5:08 pm
posted by Scott C. Holstad
Watch this amazing video of Christian the Lion, and be prepared to cry (in a good way). (I know this isn't a "literary" video, but I just had to post it anyway....)
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Dec.10.2007 - 3:42 pm
posted by Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler appears on The Late Show with David Letterman in August 2007 and talks about show business, intoxication, relationships, and her book, My Horizontal Life, among other things.
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Nov.30.2007 - 6:33 pm
posted by Deborah Santana
Deborah Santana reflects on the lessons of the 1960s. For additional video footage of Deborah Santana, please visit: http://www.deborahsantana.com/video.asp
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Mar.14.2009 - 12:44 pm
posted by Belle Yang
Produced by Paul and Marie Boczkowski of Longtimers. Please visit http://www.youtube.com/longtimers At Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Foo-Flying-Frog-Washtub-Pond/dp/0763636150/ref=pd_... To see...
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Sep.03.2012 - 9:06 am
posted by Farzana Versey
Who does not love the rains? Mumbai's monsoon. 2012. This is from where I live life. The traffic snarls, the mind logjams. I watch. I listen. I talk. Excuse the blabbering. As unpredictable as the...
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