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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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Feb.02.2009 - 5:54 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Feb.02.2009 - 5:51 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Feb.02.2009 - 3:15 pm
posted by Jen Hill
By 1300 AD, the Sky Hand people had crushed and enslaved the Albaamaha people and built their high-walled capital, Split Sky City, to dominate towns up and down the Black Warrior River. But a violent...
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Feb.02.2009 - 3:09 pm
posted by Jen Hill
Nothing interesting ever happened to fifteen-year-old orphans Eliot and Fiona while theyve lived in the strict, oppressive household of their grandmother. A chance visit, however, reveals that there...
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Feb.01.2009 - 11:45 am
posted by Bozena Intrator
A poem written by Bozena Intrator for her father. We will walk together through the meadows… It was a beautiful summer day, late June. The air was full of flowers smells. My father said with a quite...
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Jan.31.2009 - 5:08 pm
posted by Craig McDonald
Trailer for "Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life," by Craig McDonald, featuring interviews with James Crumley, Elmore Leonard, Daniel Woodrell, Alistair MacLeod,...
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Jan.30.2009 - 7:07 pm
posted by Joan Knibbe
I made this video with OneTrueMedia.
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Jan.29.2009 - 10:04 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A LUCKY CHILD. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10...
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Aug.21.2008 - 3:22 pm
posted by Rodney Hurst, Sr.
This video is a preview of It was never about a hot dog and a Coke, released in January, 2008, and subtitled “A Personal Account of the 1960 Sit-in Demonstrations in Jacksonville, Florida and Ax...
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Feb.22.2009 - 2:54 pm
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Mar.08.2009 - 2:02 pm
posted by Thi Lam
Andrew Lam, author of "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora" and Editor of New America Media. This is his trip back to Vietnam in 2004. He also interviewed his father, General Lam Q...
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Apr.20.2009 - 10:50 am
posted by Megan McCafferty
Find out what happens between Jessica and Marcus in the final book in the bestselling Jessica Darling series...and discover the magic of Barry-oke. Perfect Fifths: On sale April 14th, 2009.
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May.18.2009 - 2:24 pm
Laurie Halse Anderson reads from her 2008 National Book Award Young People's Literature Finalist novel, Chains (Simon & Schuster). November 18, 2008, Tishman Auditorium, The New School.
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Sep.11.2009 - 10:24 pm
posted by LiNCOLN PARK
Join popular fiction author, LiNCOLN PARK on a mini-tour of her (husband's)desk -- where she is finishing up her fourth, blockbuster novel, BAKED-OFF. Follow LiNCOLN PARK on twitter (@linc0lnpark)!
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Oct.07.2009 - 4:52 pm
posted by Deborah Simpson
How much quantifies too much? How much of a small amount is not enough? When are we truly satisfied? How about the complexity of holding onto the fabric of intangibility? What is perception?...
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Oct.25.2009 - 10:52 am
posted by Julia Stein
Aztec Dancers Lead the Crowd in the March Into the Cemetery
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Nov.24.2009 - 10:10 pm
Heather Derr-Smith reads her poem, "Trans/substance" from her book, "The Bride Minaret" with Godard in the background.
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Feb.02.2010 - 6:47 pm
posted by Debbe Kennedy
My work and newest book, Putting Our Differences to Work: The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership, and High Performance (Berrett-Koehler 2008) are featured in futurist Joel Barker's 2009 film, "...
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