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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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Jun.27.2011 - 9:51 pm
posted by Ivory Madison
Alia Volz and Howard Johnson Jr. hosted this edition of LDM at Elbo Room on Friday, June 10th, 2011, featuring readings by Lisa Catherine Parker, Tana Wojczuk, Paul Corman-Roberts, and Belo Cipriani...
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Jun.27.2011 - 1:46 pm
posted by Weston Ochse
Doctor Doom's Guide to the Universe and Special Rules for the Burial of Christian Insects Presented by author Weston Ochse this patriotic and sometimes profane narrative relays his real and not so...
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Jun.27.2011 - 1:42 pm
posted by Weston Ochse
Short Story Collection by Bram Stoker-winning and Puschcart Prize-nominated author Weston Ochse (Multiplex Fandango ISBN 1-888993-27-8) "This is a book that could almost have been written for me." -...
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Jun.25.2011 - 7:57 am
posted by Stephen Evans
My 3 Minutes of Fame on Daytime TV.
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Jun.24.2011 - 3:55 pm
posted by David Brown
David M. Brown is on tour with his novel 'Fezariu's Epiphany'! From 27th June to 25th July David will be bloghopping: from interviews to guest posts, he'll be one busy author. Visit www.elenchera.com...
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Jun.24.2011 - 3:53 pm
posted by David Brown
The White Oak, Clarendon's oldest brothel, lured and destroyed men by the thousands. Fezariu was different. He had never been drawn by the White Oak's vices but the brothel had still ruined him when...
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Jun.24.2011 - 1:54 pm
posted by Sheila English
Sensual, tense, and complex Wolf Tales 12 has Kate Douglas bringing her extremely popular paranormal series to a close. The final novel satisfyingly ties up loose ends for longtime readers and will...
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Jun.24.2011 - 1:33 pm
posted by Sheila English
Willa Muir can’t say yes to the love of her life, until she explores her past and solves the mystery of a haunting dream. But when Willa’s desperate search unearths unthinkable secrets, her heart...
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Jun.24.2011 - 7:20 am
posted by Carmen Ambrosio
New 30-second visual intro to my memoir: http://www.ambrosart.com/Author_Events.html
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Jun.23.2011 - 7:29 pm
posted by Sheila English
Does an original scroll written by Joseph—the earthly father of Jesus—reveal evidence that Christ’s birth was not divine? An unlikely hero, history professor Jefferson Burke is tapped by circumstance...
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Feb.25.2008 - 9:47 am
posted by Tim Wise
This is a teaser for the newly-released video, The Pathology of Privilege: Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality, from the Media Education Foundation. The video is of a speech given by...
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Nov.03.2012 - 12:22 pm
posted by Jane Hirshfield
This is an 18 minute video of Jane Hirshfield's reading during the 2012 San Francisco International Poetry Festival.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:29 pm
posted by Ben Fong-Torres
Ben Fong-Torres and Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for the Doors, appear in 2006 at Book Passage in Corte Madera, California.
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Nov.02.2008 - 4:39 pm
posted by A Real Gnome
"I hired you because you're a gnome."
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Aug.09.2008 - 2:34 pm
posted by Tina B. Tessina
Author Tina Tessina describes her book, The Commuter Marriage. Buy the book here.
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May.24.2011 - 3:01 am
These are the top 20 richest countries in the world per capita
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Dec.06.2007 - 6:58 pm
posted by Daniel Handler
See Daniel Handler and Jane Smiley in conversation at Litquake 2007, San Francisco's annual literary festival. View the remaining videos at Author Conversations.
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Apr.12.2008 - 7:42 pm
posted by Belle Yang
6 minute clip of a 30 minute documentary on Youtube. $19.95 from www.haukfa.com tel: 831-373-6007 MY NAME IS BELLE presents an autobiographical snapshot of the immigrant experience through the eyes...
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Nov.23.2008 - 2:54 pm
How to learn best.
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Nov.27.2007 - 6:30 pm
posted by Jane Ganahl
Litquake, San Francisco's literary festival, recently reached its eighth year. As always, there were many once-in-a-lifetime moments as we continued to showcase hundreds of authors, most from here in...
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