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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.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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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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Oct.21.2009 - 1:13 pm
posted by Sheila English
A Harvard linguistics professor and an ultra secret branch of the Catholic church go head to head in a race to uncover the secrets of the lost city of Atlantis. The ruins of the technologically...
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Oct.28.2009 - 2:41 am
posted by Sheila English
Hollington Homecoming Queen Beverly Turner is pulling out all the stops for her ten year class reunion. Lucius Gray needs time out from his workaholic life. Both have been burn by love and agree to...
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Dec.28.2009 - 5:06 pm
posted by Sheila English
Recessions Make Millionaires - David Bach: Start Over, Finish Rich. Know your strategy to get out of debt. Know the new rules and the new laws. A small, condensed and powerful instruction guide easy...
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Jan.13.2010 - 1:28 am
posted by Sheila English
Brain Thief is a fun, literate speculative fiction adventure, sort of New England cyberpunk noir, set a year or ten from now, somewhere between the Berkshires and Boston, and includes, at no extra...
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Feb.11.2010 - 12:07 am
posted by Sheila English
With information that could solve a series of murders but endangers the girl he loves, a college boy grapples with what to do, and whom to trust. Will he make the right call? Find out more at http://...
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Jul.28.2010 - 1:13 pm
posted by Sheila English
Basketball star Darius Jones has broken a lot of hearts. Most women have moved on, but one obsessed fan is determined to be the only woman in his life, even if it means getting rid of Darius's mother...
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Jul.28.2010 - 1:16 pm
posted by Sheila English
Basketball star Darius Jones has broken a lot of hearts. Most women have moved on, but one obsessed fan is determined to be the only woman in his life, even if it means getting rid of Darius's mother...
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Aug.04.2010 - 12:46 pm
posted by Sheila English
Everybody to the station! Time for winter hibernation! Picture book features all kinds of critters from big burly bears and clamoring chipmunks to grumpy groundhogs and fidgety frogs. This train is...
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Oct.18.2010 - 7:21 pm
posted by Sheila English
In the frantically anticipated follow up to Becca Fitzpatrick’s New York Times bestseller Hush, Hush, Nora must decide if she can really count on Patch… or if he’s hiding secrets darker than she can...
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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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