PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Resurrecting Zora Neale Hurston: Alice Walker
In this video (2:20, Alice Walker discusses how Zora Neale Hurston's ability to portray black people as "undiminished human beings" shaped her as a writer. This is evident in The Color Purple which, like Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: I Work Every Day: American Masters
In this video segment [3:31], award winning novelist Phillip Roth elaborates on the details of his writing process and work environment preferences. Roth strongly believes that "life isn't good enough" as a point of reference when it...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Phillip Roth
This is a collection of two video lessons about Phillip Roth and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Very Le Freak by Rachel Cohn
This is a video of the YA novel Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn. Very LeFreak is a crazed technology addict. Very can't get enough of her iPhone, laptop, IMs, text messages, whatever. This obsession costs Very everything and everyone. Can...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature #306: 100 Years of Solitude, Part 1
This video focuses on Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his novel 100 Years of Solitude. Our first of two episodes about Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, 100 Years of Solitude. This week, we're looking at the Buendia family, and their many...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature #307: 100 Years of Solitude, Part 2
This video continues the study of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundrend Years of Solitude. He discusses Marquez's life and its effect on the novel. [12:17]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Why Did They Make Me Read This in High School?
What makes a book important? Why are some books required reading in high school, while others are lost to history? Check out this video essay. [5:46]
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Atlas Shrugged
A wealth of information about the novel Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Learn about the author and the message she wanted to get across in writing this novel. Study themes, quotes, and characters from the novel and view an analysis,...