English: Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition : Multimedia

Television interviews with prominent authors of fiction and nonfiction taped over the last 30 years. Includes Barack Obama, Calvin Trillin, Elie Wiesel, Gore Vidal, Joseph Heller, Lisa See, Mary Gordon, Susan Vreeland, and more. From Claremont Colleges Digital Library; more video to be added in the future.

Digital Theatre Plus offers video of full-length performances from the English stage, including Shakespeare, modern dramas, musicals, and adaptations, as well as supplementary material such as interviews, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and study guides.

Interviews, readings, and short pieces from a site devoted to gathering "the web's largest collection of unmediated video drawn from live events, lectures, and debates going on all the time at the world's top universities, think tanks and conferences".

In-depth public lectures and discussions with nationally- and internationally-known authors, most available in video. Contributed by local Boston cultural institutions, hosted by WGBH. Select "Literature and Philosophy" for literary-focused lectures.

Series, running 1988-2002, with in-depth interviews and discussions with contemporary fiction and non-fiction authors. Listed by author's name.

Author interviews and readings sponsored by the Litchfield County Writers Project made available online by the UConn Library. Currently has over 50, with plans to add more.

Over 500 webcasts including performance, lecture, and discussion, all focused on poetry and literature. Browsing is only available in a simple reverse-date list, so use the search box to pinpoint webcasts featuring authors of interest.

The free online archives of WGBH TV and radio programs with video, audio, images, searchable transcripts, and resource management tools. Find amazing historical video on topics like the Vietnam War, U.S. civil rights struggles, nuclear arms control, and busing in Boston. Well organized with detailed subject tags.

Nearly one million images in art, architecture, humanities, and social sciences, with tools to view, present, and manage images. Search for illustrations (William Blake or Alice in Wonderland), illuminated manuscripts, author photos, more..

Mostly current events photo reporting, but the historical collection may be of particular interest to literary/cinema/cultural studies, including Jazz Greats, Film Directors, Comedians, and more.

From the University of Cambridge, collection of "images to enable you to explore the interface between the literature and visual culture of medieval England" and provides images corresponding to the main episodes dramatized in the English Mystery Plays.

Weekly author interview program from Public Broadcasting Atlanta, showcasing nationally and internationally known authors. For more info on individual podcasts, see the show website.

Long-running U.S. radio show featuring in-depth interviews with authors about their work.

Weekly public radio series with authors in poetry, fiction, and theater performing their own work. Focus on new and upcoming authors.

Leading contemporary authors of fiction and nonfiction read and discuss their work on National Public Radio.

Brief highlight clips from some of the most well-known authors of the 20th century. Audio only, mostly short clips under three minutes. The BBC's full web interview archive is also available.

All of the CBC's excellent audio programs, including in-depth interviews and discussions with contemporary fiction and non-fiction authors, some with audience Q&A.

Writers, poets, activists, and cultural thinkers brought together to discuss their work and surrounding events.

Almost 400 author talks, both fiction and non-fiction, including writers like Joseph O'Neill, Chinua Achebe, Norman Mailer, Edwidge Danticat, David McCullough, Jill Scott, Alice Sebold, Wole Soyinka, and more.

From NPR and the Poetry Foundation, poets read and discuss their work.

Large collection of poets, classic and new, reading their own work. Notable for historic reach, including writers such as Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes as well as contemporary poets. Audio only, mostly short clips.

Poets, classic and new, reading their own work. Notable for historic reach, including writers such as William Butler Yeats, Robert Browning, and Sylvia Plath. Audio only, mostly short clips. Includes ability to browse by author, title, theme, or form.