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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.30.2011 - 12:45 pm
posted by Mel Nicolai
Some nights are just dark spots in space. So begins The Case, a surreal journey into the mind and ornate miscalculations of Brock Meirski. "...pattern recognition on overload..." -- Steve Aylett "......
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Dec.30.2011 - 12:35 pm
posted by Mel Nicolai
The Shake is an unusual cross-genre noir mystery with vampires. The Shake was awarded Kirkus Reviews' Star rating and was named to their Best of 2011.
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Dec.29.2011 - 5:12 pm
posted by Jehanah Wedgwood
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Dec.29.2011 - 6:57 am
posted by Keisha M Green
Author Reshonda Tate Billingsley reading an excerpt from her book Holy Rollers.
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Dec.29.2011 - 3:32 am
posted by Tom Carter
Travel photographer Tom Carter spent 2 years backpacking 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces in China to create "CHINA: Portrait of a People" the most comprehensive book of photography on...
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Dec.29.2011 - 3:25 am
posted by Tom Carter
Travel photographer Tom Carter spent 2 years backpacking 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces in China to create "CHINA: Portrait of a People" the most comprehensive book of photography on...
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Dec.29.2011 - 3:21 am
posted by Tom Carter
Travel photographer Tom Carter spent 2 years backpacking 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces in China to create "CHINA: Portrait of a People" the most comprehensive book of photography on...
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Dec.28.2011 - 1:07 pm
posted by Robin Lim
If the placenta is left attached to the umbilical cord (and baby) after birth for a while, it keeps transferring stem cells, nutrients, antibodies, and "extra intelligence" to the baby--just like...
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Dec.26.2011 - 12:13 am
posted by Tom Carter
Travel photographer Tom Carter spent 2 years backpacking 35,000 miles across all 33 provinces in China to create "CHINA: Portrait of a People" the most comprehensive book of photography on modern...
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Feb.09.2008 - 7:34 pm
posted by Merrill Markoe
In the event of an emergency, how helpful will your dogs be?
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Jul.31.2008 - 12:05 pm
They have always known they were different, but neither Claire Edwards nor Darl James knew why. Not more...until they met each other and learned how their two powers merged. Now, they must try to...
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Mar.03.2010 - 8:07 am
posted by Naseem Rakha
Book Trailer for The Crying Tree By Naseem Rakha
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Aug.20.2008 - 6:36 pm
posted by Amy Tan
The world premiere of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, a new opera by Stewart Wallace based on Amy Tan’s best-selling novel of the same name with a libretto by the acclaimed author, is a highlight of San...
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Jan.05.2008 - 4:41 pm
posted by Pat Montandon
Peace Kids speak against war after viewing the Holocaust Memorial in Israel. See more at www.peace-kids.org.
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Mar.18.2008 - 3:11 pm
posted by Barack Obama
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Dec.10.2007 - 4:06 pm
posted by Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, discusses his new bestselling novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns.
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Aug.06.2008 - 3:59 pm
posted by R. N. Morris
An answer to some copycat videos.
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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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Apr.09.2008 - 6:39 pm
posted by Julie Anne Long
In which Julie Anne Long explains that even though deadlines are a fact of life the moment you sell a book—theyr'e even written into our contracts!—they still somehow come as a horrible surprise...
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