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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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Apr.21.2013 - 8:37 am
posted by Terry Spear
Alicia has planned a vacation at South Padre Island with her girlfriend Cassie in forever. But just as they're enjoying a day on the beach, here comes a dark fae to spoil their holiday, except only...
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Apr.19.2013 - 8:28 pm
posted by Ben Campbell
I give to you my version in video of the "Huntress: Year One" by Ivory Madison, writer, Chief Executive Officer, Editor in Chief and founder of Red Room.
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Apr.19.2013 - 3:09 pm
posted by Caroline Leavitt
How does an outsider find inroads in a closed community? In the 1950s suburbia was supposed to be paradise, and everyone was supposed to be the same. But then, divorced, Jewish Ava Lark and her 12-...
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Apr.19.2013 - 12:46 pm
posted by David Henry Sterry
What should you do, then? Start with The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published.
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Apr.19.2013 - 11:24 am
posted by David Henry Sterry
Johns, Marks, Tricks & Chickenhawks: Professionals & Their Clients Writing about Each Other is the follow-up to Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys, the groundbreaking anthology that...
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Apr.17.2013 - 10:01 am
posted by Richard Goodman
This video describes Storyville, a unique collaboration between the MFA writing students at the University of New Orleans and WWNO Public Radio, the local NPR station in New Orleans. Put simply,...
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Apr.13.2013 - 6:10 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
   The thirteen stories in Birds of Paradise Lost shimmer with humor and pathos as they chronicle the anguish and joy and bravery of America’s newest Americans, the troubled lives...
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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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Apr.09.2013 - 8:04 pm
posted by Anastasia M Ashman
"Don't let perfect get in the way of progress," says Tara Agacayak, of GlobalNiche.net.  In this video, Tara talks about our guiding principle of "polishing in public" -- putting our work out...
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Mar.12.2011 - 5:01 pm
posted by Collin Kelley
The first draft of my second novel is complete! Remain in Light will be available from Vanilla Heart Publishing in eBook format for Christmas 2011 with the print edition to follow in early 2012.
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Jun.15.2012 - 9:47 pm
posted by Michael Provitera
Keynote presention for executives in the tri-county area--Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. Members of the PMI (Project Management Institute). June 14, 2012 at the Westin Fort Lauderdale.
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Nov.17.2008 - 5:47 pm
posted by Cintra Wilson
Political advertisement for Caligula's 2008 presidential campaign (Cintra Wilson's new book).
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Jul.14.2008 - 3:03 pm
posted by Susan Meyers
A poetry reading on April 24, 2008, sponsored by South Carolina Center for the Book. Poems from Keep and Give Away, plus new poems.
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Apr.30.2008 - 10:30 am
posted by Phil Bronstein
Chronicle Editor at Large Phil Bronstein and Chronicle Political Writer Carla Marinucci sat down in February to talk about, among other topics, why the upcoming national election has her "more...
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Apr.02.2009 - 7:50 pm
posted by Laurel Anne Hill
Golden Gate Railroad Museum's SP 2472 (operated by the Pacific Locomotive Association) on the Niles Canyon Railway. Video taken on March 28, 2009, by David I. Hill. If you haven't already guessed,...
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Feb.16.2012 - 8:47 am
posted by Linda Clarke
In 1896, it doesn’t take Melinda Gamble long to realize how wild the West really is when she encounters a notorious bank robber, a vicious grizzly bear, and a terrible blizzard that leaves her...
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Apr.02.2013 - 7:50 am
posted by Christopher Meeks
This is a short educational video on how to make it big-big-big as a writer (and get rich). Try it. You'll like it. 
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Mar.19.2009 - 11:37 am
posted by Marshall Goldsmith
Marshall Goldsmith's 2007 book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful, was a New York Times best-seller and was ranked as America's #1 best-selling...
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