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Amelia Gray reads from "Threats"

"Try to kiss me—see what happens to your lips!" In a video by Angeline Gragasin and Susan Yi, Amelia Gray reads from her forthcoming Threats while riding on a moped in L.A.

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2013 ALA Annual Conference - Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer is a veteran character actor and one of Hollywood's most-sought-after talents. Here, she talks about Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown and how the sleuthing skills she gained from reading allowed her to delve deep and explore the characters she plays in films. Her love of children's detective books is shown in her first book Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (October 2013, Simon & Schuster).
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ben Stiller directs and stars in this updated retelling of the classic tale. Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt, and Sean Penn co-star.
Prophet in a Time of Priests
In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, Janice Rothschild Blumberg discussed her new book Prophet in a Time of Priests.
This Town Author Mark Leibovich on Shaming D.C.'s Elite
"People now come here to get rich," explains Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and author of the DC-centered book This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral - plus plenty of valet parking! - in America's Gilded Capital. "Twenty years ago, theoretically, this was a city built on public service."

From the ugly networking at Tim Russert's funeral to the incestuous relationship between media and politicians to the naked desire to cash out on one's "public service" by becoming a lobbyist, Leibovich's horrifying peek at life within Washington's elite has something to offend every American.

"What I try to do is give voice to the entire carnival here," Leibovich tells Reason's Nick Gillespie. "[I wanted] to give readers outside of Washington...a fuller sense of what the full movie looks like."
Dick Cavett & George Saunders | LIVE from the NYPL
George Saunders, whose latest collection Tenth of December was heralded as "the best book you'll read this year" by the New York Times, joins legendary talk show host Dick Cavett for a candid conversation about the author's career.
Martin Amis and Ian McEwan with Salman Rushdie (FULL)
Martin Amis and Ian McEwan with Salman Rushdie (Q&A).
Mitch Broder & Adam Gopnik on Discovering Vintage New York
Despite the changing face of the city, we are still surrounded by old-time New York—it's just a matter of knowing where to look for it. Mitch Broder made the search for old, vintage New York—its restaurants, shops, delis, bars and more—his personal mission. Now he's written a book, Discovering Vintage New York, as a guide to your very own search for old New York! Find out where the classic New York experiences live on in the city of today! From the well-known (Katz's Deli, Caffe Reggio) to the obscure, you'll discover joys of vintage New York—in all its eccentricities, tastes, and charms! Moderated by award winning writer, essayist and commentator, Adam Gopnik!
Jonathan Kirsch, The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan
http://lareviewofbooks.org/ talks with author and historian Jonathan Kirsch about his new book The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan. Filmed at the LA Times Festival of Books at USC, April 2013.
Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp
Ann Kirschner discussed her new book, Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp.
Omekongo Dibinga
Poet Omekongo Dibanga, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, reads from his work and discusses the state of contemporary African literature.
O.K. Glass, Take a Video: Gary Schteyngart Tries Out Google Glass
In this video, Shteyngart discusses his experience, visits his favorite bar and his psychoanalyst's office, and walks his dog, Felix, all while wearing his Glass.
The Fifth Estate Official Trailer
A dramatic thriller based on real events, The Fifth Estate reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.

Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, The Fifth Estate reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?"
Richard C. Morais & Morgan Stebbins
Richard C. Morais talks about his novel Buddhaland Brooklyn with Morgan Stebbins

Buddhaland Brooklyn is an insightful look at the changing cultural and spiritual landscape of New York City, and the sometimes humorous, often moving encounters between cultures. Morais, a Buddhist scholar, tells the story of a solitary Japanese monk who is entrusted with the duty of starting a temple in contemporary Brooklyn to explore the complex—and often confusing—ways that faith and spirituality bring people together across cultures, and the power that ultimately stems from those connections. Morais reads an excerpt from the book and chats with Jungian psychoanalyst Morgan Stebbins.
Susan Rebecca White on her novel A Place at the Table
Celebrating the healing power of food and the magic of New York City, A Place at the Table follows the lives of three seekers who come together in the understanding that when you embrace the thing that makes you different, you become whole.
George Balanchine's family
Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, looks into George Balanchine's family history, finding a volatile and occasionally privileged childhood.

Elizabeth Kendall is an Associate Professor of Literary Studies at the New School. The author of several books, she has also written for the New Yorker, Vogue, Ballet News, Dance Magazine, the New York Times, Elle, the New Republic and other journals.

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