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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.01.2007 - 7:13 pm
posted by Jane Smiley
Red Room interviews Jane Smiley at Litquake 2007, San Francisco's annual literary festival.
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Nov.30.2007 - 6:39 pm
posted by Po Bronson
This video was made for Bronson's British publisher in 1993 to show the writing closet (isolation chamber) where he wrote his first novel, Bombardiers.
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Nov.30.2007 - 6:33 pm
posted by Deborah Santana
Deborah Santana reflects on the lessons of the 1960s. For additional video footage of Deborah Santana, please visit: http://www.deborahsantana.com/video.asp
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:48 pm
posted by Khaled Hosseini
Funny video of conversation between Stephen Colbert and Khaled Hosseini on BookTV.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:48 pm
posted by Norman Mailer
Appearing on ForaTV, internationally acclaimed author and journalist Norman Mailer discusses his views on national pride, the Iraq war, and American neoconservatives. This excerpt is taken from a...
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:47 pm
posted by Amy Tan
Author Amy Tan reads from and discusses the fictional "Note to the Reader" from the beginning of her novel, Saving Fish From Drowning.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:46 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) speaks at his San Francisco high school graduation in 1988.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:45 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) and Stephen Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields) play This Abyss and other material at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles on October 23, 2006.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:41 pm
posted by Roy Blount, Jr.
Roy Blount, Jr., talks about his book Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South.
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Sep.28.2009 - 1:07 pm
posted by Darlene Quinn
"Webs of Power" is a character-driven novel about three strong, but very different women, whose worlds are rocked by a high stakes corporate struggle. Destiny brings them together. Based on real...
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Apr.13.2011 - 12:29 pm
posted by Michael Johnson
Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer and small business owner of custom imprinted promotional products and apparel: www.promoman.us, from Itasca, Illinois. He is heavily influenced by...
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Mar.01.2013 - 2:46 pm
posted by Jeanne McElvaney
I get to choose what I believe and that made me start wondering if bacteria might also be fairy godmothers in disguise.
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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.02.2013 - 4:54 am
posted by Algis Kemezys
This is the last moments of my poisoned dogs life. This happened to me a few months ago in Greece.
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Apr.30.2013 - 12:47 pm
posted by Geling Yan
天下女人 20130416 严歌苓自曝留学励志故事 Yan Geling Interviewed in Chinese on Woman-Oriented TV Talk Show "Her Village."
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Mar.02.2013 - 5:17 am
posted by Algis Kemezys
A ghost that haunts a deserted bathhouse finds a gift for his new Valentine.
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Apr.21.2013 - 8:43 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 cruise. A...
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Oct.16.2009 - 4:46 pm
posted by Margaret Brownley
Try Margaret Brownley's new book and we guarantee that nothing--not stage robbers or rude passengers or even runaway horses--will come between you and A Lady Like Sarah.
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Apr.11.2013 - 12:29 pm
posted by Laura Albert
As JT LeRoy, Laura Albert wrote the celebrated novels SARAH and HAROLD’S END and the short-story collection THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS. Her identity was revealed in 2006, and here she...
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