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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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Apr.02.2013 - 7:50 am
posted by Christopher Meeks
This is a short educational video on how to make it big-big-big as a writer (and get rich). Try it. You'll like it. 
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Apr.01.2013 - 3:35 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky's reading at Lip Service West: Women, Writers, Reality
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Mar.31.2013 - 8:43 pm
posted by Kali Meister
  She Wonder Productions' film noir entry, "Locked In," for 54 Film Fest Knoxville 2013. A woman wrestles with her responsibility to care for her disabled husband and her desires for real...
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Mar.31.2013 - 8:39 pm
posted by Kali Meister
This is the short film Team Brick House made for the 2012 Seven Day Shoot Out Film Festival. Jeff Delaney won Best Supporting Actor for his acting as Mystery Date # 2: Scorpio Cowboy. Resolutions was...
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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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Nov.01.2011 - 3:23 pm
posted by Geling Yan
This is the trailer for the Chinese market for The Flowers of War, based on my eponymous novel to be published by Harvill Secker of the UK (Chinese title 金陵十三钗).  YouTube is blocked in...
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Sep.12.2008 - 4:26 pm
posted by Thich Nhat Hanh
In this excerpt, Thich Nhat Hanh speaks about the intensity of anger and grief that human nature is heir to.
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Mar.13.2008 - 1:57 pm
posted by Samina Ali
Litquake 2007, Opium Magazine's Literary Death Match
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Dec.10.2007 - 3:49 pm
posted by Juvenal Acosta
Red Room interviews Juvenal Acosta in the San Francisco Public Library during an event at Litquake 2007, San Francisco’s annual literary festival.
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Jun.20.2009 - 4:46 pm
posted by Tammy Yee
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Mar.27.2009 - 5:52 pm
Maxine Hong Kingston burst on the literary scene in 1976 with her book, "The Woman Warrior" . A UC Berkeley graduate and professor, she has delighted audiences with books such as "China Men" and "...
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Dec.13.2011 - 4:21 am
posted by Geling Yan
A U.S. trailer for "The Flowers of War," based on my work, has just been released. It reveals more of the story than the Chinese trailer does: http://youtu.be/5w9B7AidyaU I don't know of any other...
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Jan.26.2012 - 10:02 pm
posted by Mitch Cullin
Filmmaker Peter I. Chang trains his camera on his partner Mitch Cullin who, several years after the fact, recalls his 2005 book tour around the U.S. with candid insight about the following...
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May.22.2008 - 4:10 pm
In this short, older video, Maxine Hong Kingston is interviewed about violence in modern culture and literature, as well the power of words and idealism.
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Feb.12.2009 - 10:32 am
posted by Huntington Sharp
This is the best YouTube offering I've come across in ages. You just have to watch this proper Englishwoman defeat "The Bandit" again and again. The slo-mo bit at the end is just hypnotic.
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