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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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Jan.04.2008 - 6:46 pm
posted by Deborah Grabien
Finishing the reading, plus some Q&A.  
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Jan.04.2008 - 6:44 pm
posted by Deborah Grabien
A reading - with help from Juliana Egley, actor and theatre producer, reading the part of the ghost, in French.
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Jan.03.2008 - 3:58 pm
posted by devorah major
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Jan.03.2008 - 3:33 pm
posted by Pam Tent
Video clip of David Weissman and Bill Weber's 2002 documentary, "The Cockettes"
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Jan.02.2008 - 6:37 pm
posted by Shaun D Landry
Excerpt of Shaun Landry's 2004 Improvised One Woman Show FLAKE at The Toronto Improv Festival. Music by Jamie Rosen
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Jan.02.2008 - 6:31 pm
posted by Shaun D Landry
Shaun Landry rants on the nominated movies from the 2006 Academy Awards. She was given the titles...then ranted.
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Dec.31.2007 - 5:57 pm
posted by Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart plays comic and political hardball on CNN's Crossfire in 2004.
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Dec.31.2007 - 5:57 pm
posted by Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart appears on Late Show With David Letterman in February 1996.
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Dec.31.2007 - 5:56 pm
posted by Jon Stewart
Bill Moyers interviews Jon Stewart from the Daily Show. They discuss everything from government transparency to Virginia Tech, to the war on terror. You can watch the rest of the interview on the PBS...
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Dec.31.2007 - 5:51 pm
posted by Shaun D Landry
Shaun Landry with Storytellers Unplugged improvising the story of Miss Macie from the suggestion "Barber Shop" at The San Francisco Improv Festival 2007
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Jan.26.2010 - 4:28 pm
posted by Vanitha Sankaran
The daughter of a papermaker in a small French village in the year 1320—mute from birth and forced to shun normal society—young Auda finds solace and escape in the wonder of the written word....
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Jun.09.2010 - 2:25 pm
posted by Julie Genovese
Julie Genovese, author of the inspirational memoir, Nothing Short of Joy, is invited on stage by the renowned bestselling author and international speaker, Wayne Dyer.
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Mar.29.2011 - 10:59 am
New web trailer for Ada's Daughter: A Story of Diversity, Hope, And Personal Strength.
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Apr.24.2011 - 8:05 am
posted by Sheila English
An award winning author uses eight everyday items to tell the story of plastic, and how we can learn to live with the material that never dies. Learn more about this book here and its author here,...
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Nov.14.2011 - 6:17 am
posted by Feyisayo Anjorin
AFDA Short FilmCrooked Road follows the story of Justine, a beautiful young woman caught up with the wrong people, in a bad place. She has to deal with a maniacal boyfriend, his conniving henchmen,...
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Apr.30.2013 - 1:00 pm
posted by Geling Yan
采访中国作家阿来、莫言和严歌苓 Chinese-language Interviews at the London Book Fair of Authors A Lai, Mo Yan and Yan Geling.  (Yan Geling's starts around minute 5:00).  Not great production values but good...
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Jan.07.2009 - 1:01 pm
posted by Sheila English
Did you ever have that moment in which your guy did something, or didn’t do something, that made you realize that he was a bad boyfriend? What was that moment? What did he do? Here 58 bad boyfriend...
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Jan.13.2009 - 8:23 pm
posted by Sheila English
Trudie Abernathy feels out of sync with love, but when she finally falls for the perfect guy, she discovers her sister, Lane, is in love with same man. Trudie walks away, but worries that she's made...
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Jan.28.2009 - 10:10 am
posted by jeffery mcnary
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Sep.19.2009 - 9:37 pm
posted by Julia Stein
|In 2007, 2008, and 2009 September 18 people in park-poor Los Angeles came together to make parks for one day.
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