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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.31.2007 - 2:14 pm
posted by Po Bronson
Redroom.com presents Po Bronson (What Should I Do With My Life?) reading at Litquake 2007, San Francisco's annual literary festival. Bronson talks about when readers are driven to profound acts—...
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Dec.30.2007 - 10:50 am
posted by David Munro
Trailer for the film Full Grown Men.
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Dec.28.2007 - 6:26 pm
posted by Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert introduces and then "argues" with Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, at a BookTV Expo in June 2007.
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Dec.28.2007 - 6:22 pm
posted by Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert appears in How Not to Communicate with the Second City comedy troupe in Chicago. Also in the sketch are  young unknowns Paul Dinello and Aliza Shalowitz. This piece was written,...
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Dec.28.2007 - 5:46 pm
posted by Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert was the featured entertainer for the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in April 2006. Standing a few yards from President George W. Bush—in front of an audience that...
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Dec.28.2007 - 5:44 pm
posted by Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert was the featured entertainer for the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in April 2006. Standing a few yards from President George W. Bush—in front of an audience that...
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Dec.23.2007 - 1:38 am
posted by Jonathon Keats
Note: The remainder of this film can be seen at http://magnes.org/exhibits/keatsmovie.html
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Dec.23.2007 - 1:26 am
posted by Jonathon Keats
San Francisco writer, critic and conceptual artist Jonathon Keats is looking for God, and he thinks he may have found Him -- in a petri dish. Spark trails Keats as he works on his latest project,...
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Dec.17.2007 - 3:23 pm
posted by Kent Zimmerman
"1-2-3-4 went down to the Apple store."
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Dec.14.2007 - 3:29 pm
posted by Victoria Zackheim
Round table discussion about infidelity http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19188330/     
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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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Oct.21.2008 - 5:14 pm
posted by Sheila English
The third book in the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen. When John and Jack (C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien) discover a cryptic warning on a medieval manuscript that seems to...
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Nov.07.2008 - 6:49 pm
posted by former member
This is a great animated short that sums up my view of theism, in a way, like poetry, that speaks beyond normal language, with images.
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Jan.28.2009 - 10:10 am
posted by jeffery mcnary
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May.14.2009 - 2:52 am
posted by Manjiri Prabhu
Sonia Samarth couldn’t have predicted it – after only a day, her advertisement had drawn dozens of responses. In the bustling city of Pune, India, with its winding alleys and exotic customs, Sonia...
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Jun.01.2009 - 7:31 am
posted by former member
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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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Oct.21.2009 - 1:14 pm
posted by Sheila English
Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives so that they could be together forever, but when a trip to Summerland reveals the fate lying in wait of an immortals soul, Ever immerses...
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Oct.26.2009 - 8:52 pm
posted by Phillipa Martin
Book trailer for The Killing Hands, book 4 featuring Aussie FBI profiler Sophie Anderson. In The Killing Hands, a victim has literally had his throat ripped out and the trail leads back to LA's...
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Dec.01.2009 - 9:44 pm
posted by Sheila English
Following the trail of deadly terrorists are a group of military specialists with psychic powers and unique abilities. When the government that helped enhance them can no longer be trusted the...
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