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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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May.19.2013 - 11:24 am
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Journeys to American Identities with Andrew Lam.. Andrew Lam is an editor with New America Media and the author of three books,Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora,...
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May.18.2013 - 3:17 am
posted by Diane Saarinen
Just for fun at the Saima Agency!
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May.17.2013 - 10:06 am
posted by Laurel Anne Hill
  This slide-show video by Laurel Anne Hill takes a fun, humorous peek at the awesome stories in the anthology, HOW BEER SAVED THE WORLD, all set to music that would have made Indiana Jones...
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May.17.2013 - 8:19 am
posted by Leonie Mateer
Sales Tips and Secrets  from the Author of "The Caboodles Blueprint"  How to get your product IDEA on Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart and more.... 
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May.16.2013 - 6:44 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Zarina Zabrisky is reading her story "Zigzag Lady" at Word Performances series, San Francisco.
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May.16.2013 - 9:19 am
posted by Barbara Froman
A little companion piece to go with Rental Property.
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May.13.2013 - 1:20 pm
posted by Robert Wrigley
Half a dozen poems from Anatomy of Melancholy and Other Poems.
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May.12.2013 - 9:22 pm
posted by Zarina Zabrisky
Lara Genovese peforms Zarina Zabrisky's short story "Wanderlust" at Liars' League HK, Hong Kong.
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Feb.25.2008 - 9:51 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is a clip from The Pathology of Privilege: Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality, the newly released video from the Media Education Foundation. The video is of a speech given by Tim...
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Dec.12.2011 - 9:30 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew Lam, the son of a general for the South Vietnamese Army, came to California at age eleven, during the fall of Saigon. His first book, Perfume Dreams, chronicles life as an immigrant in America...
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Apr.06.2013 - 10:47 am
posted by Andrew Q Lam
  Andrew Lam reads from Birds of Paradise Lost - his latest short story collection. The story in particular is called "Show &Tell."  BoPL came out in March of 2013. http...
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Feb.02.2013 - 12:45 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
Tara Agacayak of GlobalNiche.net explains a digital footprint as the trail you leave online through all your activities: comments you leave on websites, your own blog posts and status updates and...
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May.09.2013 - 5:22 am
posted by Terry Spear
  The motto of the vampires is that humans have to deal with problems on their own. But when Levka and his friends risk all to save human girls, he is injured and so the adventure begins. A...
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Dec.09.2010 - 1:55 pm
posted by Michael Anthony
I first heard this joke when I was at a dinner with a bunch of other Iraq veteran's. Someone said the joke and we all cracked up laughing. So it may be a joke that's only funny to veterans. But,...
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Oct.03.2010 - 4:03 pm
posted by Kelly Abell
A sacrifice must be made.... Only a few days from the Blood Harvest Moon a coven of witches must have a sacrifice in order to maintain their immortality. A prophesy to fulfill... Shaelyn, a...
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May.29.2010 - 12:01 pm
posted by Tayari Jones
This was my very first television interview. Look how young I was! The topic was my first novel, LEAVING ATLANTA, which was about my experiences growing up during the Atlanta Child Murders.
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Mar.14.2012 - 12:44 pm
posted by Mark A. Rayner
The lecture goes on, but unfortunately the video doesn't; this is too bad, because then Vonnegut describes Kafka's The Metamorphosis:   Poor old Gregor Samsa. Not only does he start really low...
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