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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.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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Nov.26.2008 - 6:47 pm
posted by Chip Kidd
A quick view of the design of The Learners.
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Nov.26.2008 - 3:13 pm
posted by Brenda Webster
Please enjoy this five minute book trailer for Brenda Webster's Vienna Triangle, a story of rivalry, intrigue and suicide in Freud's inner circle.
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Nov.26.2008 - 11:16 am
posted by Brenda Webster
Please enjoy this one minute version of the book trailer for Brenda Webster's upcoming novel, Vienna Triangle.
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Mar.02.2011 - 1:25 pm
posted by Judith Marshall
This interview was done just after the book's release in September, 2009.
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Apr.10.2011 - 3:33 pm
posted by Sheila English
If I Were a Mouse, written by Karma Wilson, shows a child imagining what fantastic adventures might unfold if he were several of God’s many amazing animals. In the end, he finds comfort and joy in...
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Aug.24.2011 - 10:01 pm
Zarena discovers the reason for her training and the meaning of betrayal during stay on Revrum Natura, home of  the Holy Order of The Conscientia.
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Feb.19.2013 - 12:53 pm
posted by Bretigne Shaffer
...on the subway...    
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Apr.07.2008 - 10:49 am
posted by former member
What?!
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Jun.24.2008 - 12:14 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Meet Chick Best—a middle-aged, selfabsorbed, disaffected, California dot.com millionaire. Other than his house and high-priced foreign cars, Chick’s most expensive possession is his trophy wife,...
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Jun.24.2008 - 3:23 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Every toddler goes through the stage where they want nothing but "O"-shaped cereal. The challenge for parents is getting kids to ask for fruit salad instead of cupcakes. Faced with this seemingly...
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Jun.27.2008 - 10:33 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
In his groundbreaking new book, Dr. Jim Loehr, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Power of Full Engagement, examines the way we tell stories about ourselves to ourselves -- and, most...
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Jun.27.2008 - 10:48 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Posie Graeme-Evans has worked in the Australian film and television industry for the last twenty-five years as an editor, director, and producer on hundreds of prime-time television programs,...
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Jun.27.2008 - 10:54 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Doubtless Myss's most deeply personal, revealing, compassionate, and transforming book yet, Entering the Castle is a comprehensive guidebook for the journey of your life -- a journey into the center...
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