Curated Video
UN panel chief will not quit over errors in glaciers report
New Delhi, India - January 23 2010
1. Chairman of United Nations'' Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Dr Rajendra K Pachauri arriving for the press conference
2. Cutaway cameras and reporters
3. Wide of news conference
4....
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Passion is a page turner in South Africa
CLEAN: Passion is a page turner in South Africa
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : French prisoners escape with a book
CLEAN : French prisoners escape with a book
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Passion is a page turner in South Africa
VOICED: Passion is a page turner in South Africa
C-SPAN
Bell Ringer: Maya Angelou
Introduce Maya Angelou with a short video that provides viewers with an overview of her many accomplishments and some of her papers collected at Wake Forest Library.
PBS
Julia Alvarez
An interview sheds light on author Julia Alvarez's immigration journey from the Dominican Republic to the United States of America. Alvarez describes in detail how she felt creating a new home, what it was like to return to the Dominican...
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read Kurt Vonnegut?
In the midst of darkness, there's hope. A video lesson shares key themes found in Kurt Vonnegut's writing, including the idea of hope in darkness. After watching the video, viewers take a short quiz to test their understanding, answer...
The School of Life
Charles Dickens
How much do you know about the life of Charles Dickens? A thorough video discusses the author's professional successes and private failures with engaging animation and informative narration.
The School of Life
Virginia Woolf
Libraries may have been locked to women for centuries, but writers like Virginia Woolf were instrumental in opening the doors for other female authors. Learn more about Woolf's place in the modernist age and her voice in the literary...
Curated OER
The AuthorÕs Purpose
A good reader thinks about the author's purpose while reading a book. Students use the acronym P.I.E. to remind them how to think about author's purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain.
Curated OER
Theme
Identifying the theme of a piece is crucial to understanding. Using the play Romeo and Juliet as an example, the concept of theme is explored in a video of a classroom lecture.
Other
Wired for Books: Art Buchwald
Great interview audio of Art Buchwald and Don Swain. Among other things the two discuss politics, NYC and the media. Includes portrait photo.
PBS
Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Clubhouse Expert: Author/illustrator, Tim Reed
Meet Clubhouse Expert, Tim Reed, author and illustrator of My Very Silly Monster children's book series. This clip shows the tools he uses for illustrating his books and talks about the highlights of being an author. He also teaches the...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Celebrating 20 Years of the Magic Tree House
This site shares an interview with the creators of the Magic Treehouse series. It has been twenty years since the first Magic Tree House book was published! In honor of this milestone, Mary Pope Osborne, Will Osborne and Natalie Pope...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Streetcar Named Desire
National Public Radio presents a feature on Tennessee Williams' famous play.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: William Faulkner Banquet Speech
The Nobel Prize site offers a transcript of the speech William Faulkner gave after accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Working With an Agent
Max Gladstone is a fantasy author best known for the Craft Sequence. He explains the role an agent plays in the publishing process. [3:50]
Other
Doris Lessing: Fresh Air
Real Audio archive recording of Terry Gross interviewing the novelist Doris Lessing, May 31, 1988 on the subject of marriage.