http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/writers 2008-08-27T16:45:17Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47924-amy-tan-writing-from-personal-experience 2008-08-27T16:45:17Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QishhWj5S10&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QishhWj5S10&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47924-amy-tan-writing-from-personal-experience"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57651" 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/2008/07/10/On_Writing_Amy_Tan_in_Conversation_with_Roger_Rosenblatt">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bestselling author Amy Tan discusses the importance of drawing on personal experiences when creating fictional stories and characters, and explains how her own family experiences have influenced her writing.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Amy Tan speaks as a part of "Roger Rosenblatt and Friends: On Writing" during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.</p> <p>Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, and Saving Fish from Drowning. She has also written two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat. The latter became a children's television series for PBS called "Sagwa." Amy is a member of the literary garage band, The Rock Bottom Remainders, for which she sings the Nancy Sinatra classic, "These Boots Are Made for Walking" to raise money for after-school literacy programs for inner city kids. Tan's rendition of the pop culture classic can be heard on the CD Stranger than Fiction, which benefits the PEN Writers Fund.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47924-amy-tan-writing-from-personal-experience">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47903-amy-tan-finding-meaning-through-writing 2008-08-27T12:50:14Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP5JcUoElt8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP5JcUoElt8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47903-amy-tan-finding-meaning-through-writing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57621" 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/2008/07/10/On_Writing_Amy_Tan_in_Conversation_with_Roger_Rosenblatt">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bestselling author Amy Tan recalls her childhood efforts at writing, and discusses how certain events in life have influenced her as an author.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Amy Tan speaks as a part of "Roger Rosenblatt and Friends: On Writing" during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.</p> <p>Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, and Saving Fish from Drowning. She has also written two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat. The latter became a children's television series for PBS called "Sagwa." Amy is a member of the literary garage band, The Rock Bottom Remainders, for which she sings the Nancy Sinatra classic, "These Boots Are Made for Walking" to raise money for after-school literacy programs for inner city kids. Tan's rendition of the pop culture classic can be heard on the CD Stranger than Fiction, which benefits the PEN Writers Fund.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47903-amy-tan-finding-meaning-through-writing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42133-how-to-get-a-job-with-saturday-night-live-kevin-nealon 2008-07-10T18:37:47Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DQl-lZq3Wp8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DQl-lZq3Wp8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42133-how-to-get-a-job-with-saturday-night-live-kevin-nealon"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47545" 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/2008/05/16/Kevin_Nealon_at_the_Oxonian_Society">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Actor and comedian Kevin Nealon remembers the surprising chain of events that led to his Saturday Night Live position.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Actor and comedian Kevin Nealon remembers the surprising chain of events that led to his Saturday Night Live position.</p> <p>From goofing off with Dana Carvey to doing stand-up in New York, Nealon revives the rich history of his career.</p> <p>Kevin Nealon is a comedian and actor best known for the characters he played on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995, and his role on the series Weeds.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42133-how-to-get-a-job-with-saturday-night-live-kevin-nealon">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41861-fora-tv-s-summer-reading-list 2008-07-09T12:58:53Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0ikWhp0PbA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0ikWhp0PbA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41861-fora-tv-s-summer-reading-list"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47198" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Get to know the FORA.tv staff as they walk you through their picks for summer reading! Authors discussed include:</p> <p>Walter Isaacson on Einstein: His Life and Universe <br />http://fora.tv/2007/04/20/Walter_Isaacson_on_Einstein</p> <p>A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically <br />http://fora.tv/2007/10/24/A_J__Jacobs_Year_of_Living_Biblically</p> <p>Mary Roach on Bonk <br />http://fora.tv/2008/04/15/Mary_Roach_In_Conversation_with_Beth_Lapides</p> <p>Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns <br />http://fora.tv/2007/06/08/Khaled_Hosseini_A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns</p> <p>Michael Krasny on Off Mic: A Memoir of Talk Radio <br />http://fora.tv/2007/10/18/Michael_Krasny_A_Memoir_of_Talk_Radio</p> <p>Fareed Zakaria on The Post-American World <br />http://fora.tv/2008/05/20/Fareed_Zakaria_The_Post-American_World</p> <p>Tom Wolfe on American Novels <br />http://fora.tv/2008/05/12/Tom_Wolfe_on_the_Journalistic_Approach_to_American_Novels</p> <p>Raj Patel on Stuffed and Starved <br />http://fora.tv/2008/05/16/Raj_Patel_Discusses_Stuffed_and_Starved</p> <p>Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins <br />http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/A_Selection_of_Poems_by_Billy_Collins</p> <p>Leslie Bennetts - The Feminine Mistake <br />http://fora.tv/2007/05/02/Feminine_Mistake</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41861-fora-tv-s-summer-reading-list">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40340-billy-collins-litany 2008-07-13T13:04:02Z 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/39467-tobias-wolff-the-benefit-of-the-doubt 2008-06-13T18:37:19Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v7ntpjNjW8A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v7ntpjNjW8A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39467-tobias-wolff-the-benefit-of-the-doubt"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44550" 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/2008/04/01/Tobias_Wolff_in_Conversation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Acclaimed author Tobias Wolff reads an excerpt from his short story, "The Benefit of the Doubt."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Tobias Wolff is a contemporary master of short fiction, conjuring a full emotional range within the form's compression. His widely-anthologized stories have received three O. Henry Awards and are collected in Back in the World, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, The Night in Question, and the recent Our Story Begins.</p> <p>The protagonists of Wolff's short stories often struggle with moral quandaries, unable to reconcile what they know to be true with what they feel to be true. Wolff explores similarly existential themes in his childhood memoir This Boy's Life and In Pharoah's Army, the story of his reluctant Vietnam service.</p> <p>While he is best known for his short stories and memoirs, Wolff is also the author of the PEN/Faulkner award-winning novella The Barracks Thief and novels including Old School. He currently teaches creative writing at Stanford University - City Arts and Lectures</p> <p>Tobias Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, where he directed the creative writing program from 2000 to 2002. </p> <p>His books include a novel, The Barracks Thief; two memoirs, This Boy's Life and In Pharaoh's Army; and three collections of short stories, most recently The Night in Question. He has also edited several collections of short stories. </p> <p>His work appears regularly in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, and other magazines and literary journals. Among his special interests are American literature, the development of the short story, autobiography, and Chekhov.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39467-tobias-wolff-the-benefit-of-the-doubt">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34154-sam-harris-marches-in-wga-writers-strike-on-hollywood-blvd 2008-06-15T15:33:28Z SamHarris <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ElaQzhlvjYk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ElaQzhlvjYk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34154-sam-harris-marches-in-wga-writers-strike-on-hollywood-blvd"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37269" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>► <a href="http://SamVLOG.com">SamVLOG.com</a> </p> <p>Hooray For Hollywood! ...</p> <p>Sam, along with Danny and his visiting Mom, Bruce Newberg (see Friend Friday #2) as well as other friends, goes to Hollywood Boulevard (Stars Walk of Fame) to march for the Writer's Guild of America strike as a Screen Actor's Guild member. </p> <p>While picketing, Sam runs into writer friends (including some from "The Class"), SAG Board members, CAA Agents (Creative Artists Agency), Actors, Singer and various Entertainers such as Robert Horn (Designing Women, High Society), Alicia Keys (sings "Go Ahead" from her new CD), Larry David (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Debra Messing (Will and Grace, The Starter Wife).</p> <p>...Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Who's Gonna Write Your TV Show!</p> <p>http://www.unitedhollywood.com <br />http://www.wga.org <br />http://www.youtube.com/wgaamerica <br />http://www.youtube.com/wgadotorg <br />http://www.sag.org <br />http://www.caa.com <br />http://www.aliciakeys.com</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamTUBE.com">SamTUBE.com</a> ...</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamVLOG.com">SamVLOG.com</a> <br />... behind the scenes in the everyday life of Sam.</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamHarris.TV">SamHarris.TV</a> <br />... archive of Sam's performances and appearances.</p> <p>► <a href="http://AskSamHarris.com">AskSamHarris.com</a> <br />... ask Sam anything, and he'll reply via a vlog.</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamHarris.com/answers">SamHarris.com</a> <br />... answer link from the "Ask Sam Harris" series.</p> <p>► <a href="http://MySpace.com/SamHarrisMusic">MySpace.com</a> <br />... keep up to date, and be Sam's MySpace friend!</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamTUNES.net">SamTUNES.net</a> <br />... to download Sam Harris songs and full albums.</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamHarris.com">SamHarris.com</a> <br />... information, biography, discography and buy cds.</p> <p>LEGAL & BUSINESS CONTACT: <br />http://SamHarris.com/contact.htm <br />© All videos property of Sam Harris</p> <p>---</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34154-sam-harris-marches-in-wga-writers-strike-on-hollywood-blvd">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29614-war-movies-18-feb-08-part-2 2008-08-19T05:15:26Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WGLPd95LTzM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WGLPd95LTzM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29614-war-movies-18-feb-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31864" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>With the Iraq struggle raging on, we speak to America's top writers and directors.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/29614-war-movies-18-feb-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29613-war-movies-18-feb-08-part-1 2008-08-19T05:17:01Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-c23CNkfpRo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-c23CNkfpRo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29613-war-movies-18-feb-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31863" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>With the Iraq struggle raging on, we speak to America's top writers and directors.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/29613-war-movies-18-feb-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29232-colbert-report-writers-strike-over 2008-02-14T21:15:32Z stephencolbert <embed FlashVars='videoId=156550' src='http://www.thedailyshow.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#ffffff' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed> <a href="/blog/29232-colbert-report-writers-strike-over"><img src="http://gobnf.org/bnf/images/empty_vid.gif" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left"></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Stephen personally welcomes back each of his writers. </p> </div> <a href="/blog/29232-colbert-report-writers-strike-over">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28576-striking-writers-our-great-american-heroes 2008-10-12T12:31:34Z Citizen Kate <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h0kSQVwbuZM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h0kSQVwbuZM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28576-striking-writers-our-great-american-heroes"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30745" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>America, we owe a debt of gratitude to our striking writers. If it weren't for there being nothing on TV, why who knows how many people would watch the political debates and even vote. Thank you writers.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28576-striking-writers-our-great-american-heroes">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28351-episode-36-2-7 2008-10-12T12:27:26Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qCkuX94GGJY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qCkuX94GGJY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28351-episode-36-2-7"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30498" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28351-episode-36-2-7">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24791-episode-31-1-14 2008-10-12T12:27:26Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cW2rpr-3T0s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cW2rpr-3T0s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24791-episode-31-1-14"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26830" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24791-episode-31-1-14">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24648-everywoman-stories-from-iran-pt-1-11-jan-08 2008-06-09T15:37:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TyZuGvz7qZs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TyZuGvz7qZs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24648-everywoman-stories-from-iran-pt-1-11-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26677" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This week Everywoman looks back over our coverage of women in Iran. We meet three of Iran's most successful female authors, and the Iranian female football team showing off its soccer skills.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24648-everywoman-stories-from-iran-pt-1-11-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23482-frank-mccourt-writing-about-poverty 2008-06-15T21:30:03Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L9H5PolaUME&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L9H5PolaUME&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23482-frank-mccourt-writing-about-poverty"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25451" 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/Frank_McCourt_Angela_and_the_Baby_Jesus">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt discusses his experiences in writing about poverty.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Frank McCourt discusses Angela and the Baby Jesus.</p> <p>Frank McCourt, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela's Ashes, discusses his latest work, Angela and the Baby Jesus. Marking a departure from his familiar memoir form, this Christmas tale - published in editions for both adults and children - revolves around the early years of the eponymous Angela, and her attempts to keep an effigy of the baby Jesus warm. Hosted by Sandip Roy of KALW's UpFront Radio, this conversation is sure to offer insight into one of the master storytellers of our time - Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Francis "Frank" McCourt is an Irish-American teacher and author.</p> <p>He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life as a new immigrant in America. Teacher Man (2005), detailed the challenges of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students. His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23482-frank-mccourt-writing-about-poverty">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23396-episode-29-1-3 2008-10-12T12:27:27Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RL71ObP1LLg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RL71ObP1LLg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23396-episode-29-1-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25365" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23396-episode-29-1-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22619-episode-28-12-24 2008-10-12T12:27:27Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_UTj_EA1XU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_UTj_EA1XU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22619-episode-28-12-24"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24147" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22619-episode-28-12-24">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22599-tom-barbash-reads-from-jack-kerouac-s-on-the-road 2008-06-11T21:31:14Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NbzOSfIfe0Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NbzOSfIfe0Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22599-tom-barbash-reads-from-jack-kerouac-s-on-the-road"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24129" 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/2007/09/05/On_the_Road_50th_Anniversary">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author Tom Barbash reads a selection from Jack Kerouac's influential 1957 novel "On the Road."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>"On the Road: The 50th Anniversary," featuring Robert Mailer Anderson, Eddie Muller and Tom Barbash.</p> <p>Join Bay Area novelist Robert Mailer Anderson as he leads a celebration of Jack Kerouac's famous novel "On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition." Kerouac's book was first published in 1957, and it has come to epitomize the spirit and ideas of the Beat Generation, which had its origins in San Francisco. Maybe a few lusty readings from the book will revive the spirit! - Book Passage</p> <p>Tom Barbash is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction, educator and critic. He is the author of the novel The Last Good Chance and the bestselling nonfiction work On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick & 9/11: A Story of Loss & Renewal. His fiction has been published in Tin House, Story magazine, The Virginia Quarterly Review and The Indiana Review. His cricitism has appeared in the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. He currently teaches at Stanford University, where was both a Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer, at California College of the Arts, and at the Rainier Writing Workshop, a low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22599-tom-barbash-reads-from-jack-kerouac-s-on-the-road">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22541-rupert-murdoch-and-the-holy-grail 2008-06-13T15:32:13Z mikegravel <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IeCBIxe24lk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IeCBIxe24lk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22541-rupert-murdoch-and-the-holy-grail"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24073" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/22541-rupert-murdoch-and-the-holy-grail">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22449-fox-news-fair-to-call-jon-stewart-and-stephen-colbert-just-like-scabs-for-returning-to-tv 2008-07-09T20:31:30Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BJJUHWo78Gk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BJJUHWo78Gk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22449-fox-news-fair-to-call-jon-stewart-and-stephen-colbert-just-like-scabs-for-returning-to-tv"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23980" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>I notice that Fox News seems to take any opportunity to bash Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and the announcement Stewart and Colbert will be returning to TV next month was no exception as I show with these clips from a December 21, 2007, William La Jeunesse report on Fox News Live.</p> <p>You can see the statement from the WGA to which I refer in my video at: <a href="http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2682">www.wga.org</a> </p> <p>And, for DOZENS more examples of biased reporting on Fox News, see my Fox News Bias playlist at: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3BD2524FE99BD4D">www.youtube.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/22449-fox-news-fair-to-call-jon-stewart-and-stephen-colbert-just-like-scabs-for-returning-to-tv">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22333-just-what-s-on-the-page-ep-15-11-27 2008-10-12T12:27:28Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IZ7Tcx73haQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IZ7Tcx73haQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22333-just-what-s-on-the-page-ep-15-11-27"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23859" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> <p>CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: DEMI MOORE, MARTIN SHEEN, DULCY ROGERS, <br />MARGUERITE MOREAU, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, DEITRICH BADER, OLIVIA WILDE, <br />MARCIA CROSS, CHRIS REDMAN, JOSH BROLIN, JENNA ELFMAN, ELIZABETH PENA, <br />POLLY SHANNON, KAMALA LOPEZ, JAMES FRANCO</p> <p>DIRECTOR: PAUL HAGGIS</p> <p>PRODUCER: KAMALA LOPEZ</p> <p>D OF P: DANA GONZALES</p> <p>SOUND: JUSTIN SHUMAKER</p> <p>EDITOR: KAMALA LOPEZ</p> <p>TECHNICAL TEAM: JOEL MARSHALL, ANTHONY MARINELLI, CLINT BENNETT</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22333-just-what-s-on-the-page-ep-15-11-27">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22329-episode-18-12-4 2008-10-12T12:27:28Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2c-yN4xPrI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2c-yN4xPrI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22329-episode-18-12-4"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23855" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22329-episode-18-12-4">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22330-episode-17-12-3 2008-10-12T12:27:28Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rAhj1JiSjYY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rAhj1JiSjYY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22330-episode-17-12-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23856" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22330-episode-17-12-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22327-episode-20-12-6 2008-10-12T12:27:28Z speechless <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CgMCfi4HhyA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CgMCfi4HhyA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22327-episode-20-12-6"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23853" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>speechless</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22327-episode-20-12-6">Watch the 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