http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/reads 2008-11-22T10:51:28Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55522-headzup-palin-actually-reads-all-the-newspapers 2008-11-22T10:51:28Z headzup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRslc_juA5M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRslc_juA5M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55522-headzup-palin-actually-reads-all-the-newspapers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67297" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As she told Katie Couric, Sarah Palin actually does read all the newspapers.</p> <p>Read more about it here <br />http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/palins-news/</p> <p>Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at <a href="http://www.headzup.tv">www.headzup.tv</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/55522-headzup-palin-actually-reads-all-the-newspapers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52208-again-mccain-reads-over-sarah-palin-s-shoulder 2008-11-22T10:41:26Z Linda Milazzo <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yDNWiHGEPF4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yDNWiHGEPF4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52208-again-mccain-reads-over-sarah-palin-s-shoulder"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63345" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Today, Saturday, September 6th in a campaign appearance in Colorado Springs, CO, John McCain AGAIN reads over Sarah Palin's shoulder - glancing nervously at her prepared speech - fidgeting nervously looking frightened she'll screw up!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52208-again-mccain-reads-over-sarah-palin-s-shoulder">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52206-mccain-monitors-another-palin-speech-2 2008-11-22T10:41:26Z Linda Milazzo <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dtDJKMB2WJE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dtDJKMB2WJE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52206-mccain-monitors-another-palin-speech-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63343" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain watches nervously on Friday, September 5th in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, as Sarah Palin reads prepared remarks. He reads over her shoulder and monitors her every word - scared to death she'll blow it (oops)!!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52206-mccain-monitors-another-palin-speech-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47891-fora-tv-staff-favorites-amy-tan 2008-10-29T09:38:58Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jTZ9Ur3K40s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jTZ9Ur3K40s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47891-fora-tv-staff-favorites-amy-tan"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57598" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>FORA.tv syndication editor Maureen Olund discusses her fondness of Amy Tan and showcases the featured program On Writing: Amy Tan in Conversation with Roger Rosenblatt from the Chautauqua Institution.</p> <p>Complete video of Amy Tan in conversation with Roger Rosenblatt: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/10/On_Writing_Amy_Tan_in_Conversation_with_Roger_Rosenblatt">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>FORA.tv Culture Section: <a href="http://fora.tv/section/culture">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>FORA.tv Blog: <a href="http://foratv.blogspot.com/">foratv.blogspot.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/47891-fora-tv-staff-favorites-amy-tan">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40418-billy-collins-the-lanyard 2008-10-26T09:31:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0EjB7rB3sWc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0EjB7rB3sWc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40418-billy-collins-the-lanyard"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45597" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/A_Selection_of_Poems_by_Billy_Collins">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poem, "The Lanyard."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Poet Billy Collins is a unique literary figure - a widely read contemporary poet. The former US Poet Laureate and New York State Poet has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, though his most dramatic honors come from a wide and appreciative readership. Collins's poetry collections, including The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, and Picnic, Lightening, have broken records for poetry sales. His writing is marked by inventiveness beyond traditional poetry forms with ironic twists and lyrical turns of phrase that resonate powerfully. An advocate for integrating poetry into everyday life, Collins compiled the anthologies Poetry 180 and 180 More with poems for every day of a typical school year. Billy Collins has been a professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York since 1968 - City Arts & Lectures</p> <p>Billy Collins is the author of several books of poetry and two anthologies of contemporary poetry, including The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems; The Arts of Drowning, which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall prize; and Questions About Angels, which won the National Poetry Series in 1990. He is also a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY). Collins served as US Poet Laureate (2001-2003) and as New York State Poet Laureate (2004-2006). Collins' poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among many other journals and periodicals. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has won several awards and prizes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40418-billy-collins-the-lanyard">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40340-billy-collins-litany 2008-10-26T09:30:52Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/56Iq3PbSWZY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/56Iq3PbSWZY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40340-billy-collins-litany"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45508" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/A_Selection_of_Poems_by_Billy_Collins">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses stealing material from other writers, and reads his poem, "Litany."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Poet Billy Collins is a unique literary figure - a widely read contemporary poet. The former US Poet Laureate and New York State Poet has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, though his most dramatic honors come from a wide and appreciative readership. Collins's poetry collections, including The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, and Picnic, Lightening, have broken records for poetry sales. His writing is marked by inventiveness beyond traditional poetry forms with ironic twists and lyrical turns of phrase that resonate powerfully. An advocate for integrating poetry into everyday life, Collins compiled the anthologies Poetry 180 and 180 More with poems for every day of a typical school year. Billy Collins has been a professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York since 1968 - City Arts & Lectures</p> <p>Billy Collins is the author of several books of poetry and two anthologies of contemporary poetry, including The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems; The Arts of Drowning, which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall prize; and Questions About Angels, which won the National Poetry Series in 1990. He is also a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY). Collins served as US Poet Laureate (2001-2003) and as New York State Poet Laureate (2004-2006). Collins' poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among many other journals and periodicals. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has won several awards and prizes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40340-billy-collins-litany">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26017-roger-housden-recites-rilke-s-sonnet-to-orpheus-pt-2-xii 2008-10-21T03:30:50Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pj8skzZmPug&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pj8skzZmPug&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26017-roger-housden-recites-rilke-s-sonnet-to-orpheus-pt-2-xii"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28026" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/28/Roger_Housden_Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bestselling author and poet Roger Housden recites Rainer Maria Rilke's "Sonnet to Orpheus Pt. 2, XII."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Roger Housden talks about "Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again." Housden examines the simple joys in life while exploring love, loss, and the importance of embracing change. Through his appreciation of poetry, Housden inspires each of us to cherish life, treasure the world, and admire the clear beauty of words. He highlights the magic of poetry, and encourages readers to embrace a poem's words and feel their meaning. In doing so, Housden shows how poetry enables each of us to see the beauty of life and better understand not only the world around us, but also the world within us. Housden's choice of poems and his radiant essays provide an elegant and accessible passage into the sometimes daunting world of our truest emotions. Provocative and thought-provoking, Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again is a book you will turn to again and again. - Book Passage</p> <p>Roger Housden gives public recitals of ecstatic poetry from the world's great literary and spiritual traditions. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Maria. He is the author of nine books and is a lifelong student of the beauty of the word, including poetry. His previous books include Sacred America: The Emerging Spirit of the People and Travels Through Sacred India.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26017-roger-housden-recites-rilke-s-sonnet-to-orpheus-pt-2-xii">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5687-siddharth-dhanvant-shangvi-the-last-song-of-dusk 2008-10-15T03:31:39Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DYPAcdPCEvY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DYPAcdPCEvY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5687-siddharth-dhanvant-shangvi-the-last-song-of-dusk"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4961" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=230">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author Siddharth Dhanvant Shangvi an excerpt from his novel, "The Last Song of Dusk."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Books Inc. welcomes back Siddharth Dhanvant Shangvi reading from his "The Last Song of Dusk."</p> <p>"When the astonishingly lovely Anuradha moves to Bombay to marry Vardhmaan, a charming young doctor, their life together has all the makings of a fairy tale. But when their firstborn son dies in a terrible accident, tragedy transforms their marriage into a bleak landscape. As the pair starts fresh in a heartbroken old villa by the sea, they are joined by Nandini, a dazzling and devious artist with a trace of leopard blood in her veins. While Nandini flamboyantly takes on Bombay’s art scene, the couple attempts to mend their marriage, eventually discovering that real love, mercurial and many-hued, is given and received in silence. Sensuous and electric, achingly moving and wickedly funny, The Last Song of Dusk is a tale of fate that will haunt your heart like an old and beloved song." - Random House</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5687-siddharth-dhanvant-shangvi-the-last-song-of-dusk">Watch the video</a>