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November 2018
An Evening with Annie Leibovitz
Co-presented by Books & Books Tickets now available! Annie Leibovitz is one of the most influential photographers of our time. In an exclusive [CITY] event to mark the publication of a revised and expanded edition of Annie Leibovitz at Work (Phaidon), she will present and discuss a selection of her pictures. Originally published in 2008, Annie Leibovitz at Work was written with young photographers in mind, but it provides an illuminating view of Leibovitz’s photographic practice for a broad audience.…
Louise Penny: Kingdom of the Blind
Co-presented by Books & Books Tickets available now! The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Sûreté du Québec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. Still on suspension, and frankly curious, Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers, the bookseller from Three Pines,…
December 2018
An Evening with President Bill Clinton & James Patterson
Co-presented by Books & Books Tickets available now! Please join President Bill Clinton and the world’s bestselling author James Patterson as they discuss their novel, The President is Missing, offering candid insights into their unique collaboration and research, as well as the timely and alarming issues their novel raises about our world today. The President is Missing marks the first time a President has collaborated with a bestselling novelist on a work of fiction.…
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!, con Germán Guerra
Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y exprésate con libertad. Así es como funciona: te damos un tema, escribes durante diez minutos. Si quieres, compartes el texto con el resto de los participantes. Hacemos una pausa para socializar y para que tomes una copa (¡la primera la invita la casa!). Repetimos la dinámica. Tema: Hablar de la poesía. Llegar al poema. Germán Guerra (Guantánamo, Cuba, 1966). Poeta, ensayista, fotógrafo y editor. Ha publicado Dos poemas (Strumento,…
Escritor y periodista Vicente Echerri presenta Estancia en los sentidos (obra poética reunida)
Estancia en los sentidos (obra poética reunida), compila tres cuadernos de poesía (dos publicados y uno inédito), una sección de poemas no recogidos en libros y una selección de traducciones de poetas ingleses y norteamericanos. Es el resumen de cuatro décadas de labor. Vicente Echerri (Trinidad, Cuba, 1948) Ha publicado poesía (Luz en la piedra, 1986; Casi de memorias, 2008); ensayos (La señal de los tiempos, 1993) y relatos (Historias de la otra revolución, 1998; Doble nueve, 2008). Ha ejercido el periodismo de opinión durante más de treinta años y ha traducido numerosos libros del inglés al español.…
January 2019
Chigozie Obioma on An Orchestra of Minorities
A heart-breaking story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma. Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIES tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso joins her on the roadside and hurls two of his prized chickens into the water below to express the severity of such a fall.…
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!, con María Teresa Romero
Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y exprésate con libertad. Así es como funciona: te damos un tema, escribes durante diez minutos. Si quieres, compartes el texto con el resto de los participantes. Hacemos una pausa para socializar y para que tomes una copa (¡la primera la invita la casa!). Repetimos la dinámica. Tema: Escritura biográfica: el sutil arte de desnudar vidas, propias y ajenas. María Teresa Romero (1955) escritora venezolana con Licenciatura en Comunicación Social (Universidad Central de Venezuela,…
Dani Shapiro on Inheritance
Co-presented by Books & Books The acclaimed and beloved author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets–a real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she recently made about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden story of her own life. What makes us who we are? What combination of memory, history, biology, experience, and that ineffable thing called the soul defines us? In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA for analysis,…
Una celebración literaria de la obra de José Martí con el profesor, ensayista y poeta Emilio de Armas
Para conmemorar el 166 aniversario del natalicio de José Martí, el intelectual latinoamericano más importante del siglo XIX y organizador de la gesta definitiva por la Independencia de Cuba, el Programa de Autores Iberoamericanos de la Feria del Libro de Miami, Imago Art in Action y la Fundación Cuatrogatos invitan a la charla que dará el destacado profesor y poeta cubano Emilio de Armas titulada “La modernidad de los Versos libres” A lo largo de su vida, consagrada desde los 16 años a la causa de la libertad de su país natal,…
Ludovica Squirru Dari presenta Horóscopo chino 2019 – Año del chancho de tierra
Ludovica Squirru Dari, reconocida astróloga y autora de best-sellers presenta su horóscopo número 35: Horóscopo chino 2019 – Año del chancho de tierra. El horóscopo chino es un texto oracular y predictivo que tiene su origen en distintas disciplinas taoístas (como la numerología, la astrología y el I Ching) combinadas con el pensamiento filosófico, moral y religioso del budismo y el confucianismo. Este horóscopo se estructura a partir de las doce figuras de animales que representan doce metáforas del comportamiento humano y de las diferentes energías que las envuelven.…
February 2019
FLAC Tour: Alissa Nutting
Florida Literary Arts Coalition author Alissa Nutting will make class visits at various MDC campuses. Alissa Nutting is an assistant professor of English at Grinnell College. She is the author of the story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, as well as the novel Tampa. Made for Love: A Novel (HarperCollins) is her latest book. From one of our most exciting and provocative young writers, a poignant, riotously funny story of how far some will go for love—and how far some will go to escape it.…
African American Read-In
The African American Read-In takes place at Miami Dade College’s North Campus during the first week of February. The goal is to make literacy, education, and community a significant part of Black History Month. This year’s African American Read-In presenter is Glory Edim author of Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves. This event is open to high school and college students, as well as, local community members.…
Ian Rankin presents In a House of Lies
Co-presented by Books & Books A cold case involving a missing private investigator threatens to unearth skeletons from Rebus’s past in this “must-read” mystery (Tana French). Rebus’ retirement is disrupted once again when skeletal remains are identified as a private investigator who went missing over a decade earlier. The remains, found in a rusted car in the East Lothian woods, not far from Edinburgh, quickly turn into a cold case murder investigation. Rebus’ old friend, Siobhan Clarke is assigned to the case,…
Seminario “Cuentistas maestros: clásicos, modernos y posmodernos”, impartido por el profesor y narrador Pablo Brescia.
SOLD OUT!Lamentablemente, ya no hay cupo para el seminario. Para apuntarse a la lista de espera, por favor escriba a iflores2@mdc.edu. Le informaremos si surge una oportunidad. Gracias por su interés. Sábado 9 de febrero 2019 9.30 am- 2.00 pm Este curso de cuatro horas es una invitación a leer, estudiar y disfrutar de los grandes cuentistas de hoy y de siempre. Mediante la lectura, el análisis literario y la discusión grupal recorreremos ejemplos de la historia,…
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Read to Learn Books for Free Reading Circle – February 2019
Bring your gently-used children’s books and drop them into the Read to Learn Books for Free bin when you join us for our February Reading Circle celebrating Miami’s own Laurie B. Friedman and her rhyming picture books Love Ruby Valentine. Share the love of Reading and Books…. We deliver more than 5,000 books per week to more than 58 bookshelves throughout Miami-Dade County, providing every child who visits the shelves a free book to take home. Help us keep the bookshelves stocked!…
Read to Learn Books for Free Book Drive – Cinderella
Actor’s Playhouse will be running a book drive for Read to Learn Books for Free during their special performances of Cinderella (based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault) Saturdays, February 7 – March 21 @ 2 p.m. Loved the world over, Charles Perrault’s classic tale of a young lady’s struggle to overcome the tyranny of her wicked Stepmother and Stepsisters springs to life. Toss in a zany Fairy Godmother with two comical assistants, a Prince who is having parental problems of his own,…
Marlon James: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Co-presented by Books & Books In the stunning first novel in Marlon James’s Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: “He has a nose,” people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy.…
FIRST DRAFT: A Literary Social (February 2019)
Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Instructor: MJ Fievre Theme: Sexy, Sassy Love Stories Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Swing by a First Draft event for a drink (the first one’s on the house) and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!…
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!, con Anjanette Delgado
Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y exprésate con libertad. Así es como funciona: te damos un tema, escribes durante diez minutos. Si quieres, compartes el texto con el resto de los participantes. Hacemos una pausa para socializar y para que tomes una copa (¡la primera la invita la casa!). Repetimos la dinámica. Tema: Escribiendo el corazón partío. Anjanette Delgado escribe sobre el mal de amor, sobre el corazón partío, sobre el desamor que marca nuestras historias.…
Writing the World with Thomas Swick
Wednesdays, February 20 – March 13 (4 weeks) 7 – 9 p.m. | MDC Wolfson Campus, Downtown Miami During this course, students work on travel stories with the intent of eventually publishing them. Discover the seven key elements – a personal voice, a point of view, imagination, insight, humor, people, dialogue – and how best to incorporate them into your stories. Learn about the importance of finding a theme – something that ties your disparate and seemingly random experiences of a place together –…
José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela presenta Mi tío Pachunga
En conversación con el escritor Sergio Andricain, el escritor chileno José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela presentará su libro infantil más reciente, Mi tío Pachunga. Eva tiene un par de problemas: nadie le hace caso y no sabe qué quiere ser de grande. Pero su estrafalario tío aparece justo a tiempo para ayudarla a responder algunas preguntas interesantes y, sobre todo, para pasar juntos muy buenos momentos de diversión. Eva piensa que no es una niña muy afortunada,…
Love Notes: The Craft of Writing Romance with Nadine Gonzalez
Thursdays, February 21 – March 14 (4 weeks) 7 – 9 p.m. | MDC Wolfson Campus, Downtown Miami A well-crafted romantic sub-plot can add dimension to any genre. A love interest can raise the stakes in a thriller, round out the character of a fantasy trilogy hero/heroine, or serve as the ultimate blind spot for an antihero. With that in mind, it’s worth it to master the romantic arc. In this workshop, we’ll work through the mandatory beats in romance (meet cute,…
Ayesha Harruna Attah on The Hundred Wells of Salaga
Co-presented by Books & Books Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in precolonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to vastly different fates. Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that transforms her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father’s court. These two women’s lives converge as infighting among Wurche’s people threatens the region,…
Teen Poetry Workshop with Rudi Goblen
Saturday, February 23 (1 day) 1 – 4 p.m. | The Light Box at the Goldman Warehouse This three-hour poetry workshop is just for teens. Start the new year inspired to write and perform your own poetry out loud with acclaimed B-Boy, performance artist, and published poet Rudi Goblen. Workshop in partnership with Miami Light Project Rudi Goblen (writer, dancer, actor, and music producer) was commissioned by Miami Light Project to create the solo dance theatre performances Insanity Isn’t,…
Read to Learn Books for Free Book Drive – Into The Woods, JR!
Actor’s Playhouse will be running a book drive for Read to Learn Books for Free during their special performances of Into The Woods, JR! (based on the Emmy Award-winning 1970’s Saturday morning cartoon series)! Saturday, February 23 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 24 at 4 p.m. (Beans Cast) Saturday, March 2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 3 at 4 p.m. (Nectarines Cast) The Brothers Grimm “go Broadway” as Sondheim and Lapine offer up a cockeyed fairy tale in Into The Woods JR.…
Carlos Gámez Pérez presenta Malas noticias desde la isla
El autor estará en conversación con el escritor Hernán Vera Álvarez. En un futuro no muy lejano, cuatro inmigrantes arriesgarán su vida en un “juego” donde la apuesta es alcanzar la Tierra Prometida de lo que otrora se llamara Europa. Carlos Gámez Pérez nos entrega esta visión distópica, en un mundo que a ratos tristemente parece demasiado próximo, ante el resurgimiento de los nacionalismos a nivel global. Carlos Gámez (Barcelona. 1969), es escritor y profesor. En 2012 ganó el premio Cafè Món por el libro de relatos Artefactos (Sloper,…
The Big Read Kickoff: Sundays in the Park with AIRIE
In partnership with AIRIE – Artists in Residence in the Everglades (https://airie.org/) Miccosukee native Betty Osceola along with AIRIE Fellow Cathy Byrd, and others, will discuss conservation efforts in the Florida Everglades, their effects on indigenous ways of life, and how to effectively communicate environmental concerns through the cultural arts. Fresh Art International will stream the discussion LIVE on the web on Jolt Radio. For more information about this event, visit https://airie.org/category/events/ Free and open to the public Location: Everglades National Park – Ernest F.…
March 2019
Book Discussions: Various Miami Dade Public Library Branches
A minimum of 12 book discussions will take place at public libraries, independent bookstore, Books & Books and MDC campuses. Free books will be distributed to all participants. Educational and promotional materials provided by NEA will accompany the books to serve as springboards for discussion. Wednesday, March 06, 2019 / 1:00 PM PINECREST BRANCH, 5835 SW 111 ST., PINECREST. FL 33156 (305-668-4571) Thursday, March 07, 2019 / 10:15 AM MIAMI BEACH REGIONAL, 227 22 ST., …
Big Read Field Trip to the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Museum
Join us for an educational and immersive trip to the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Museum in Clewiston, FL. There will be a guided tour of the museum including a 20-minute film and free time to explore the boardwalk which takes you through a natural cypress dome. The bus will leave from the front of The Freedom Tower at 600 Biscayne Blvd. promptly at 9 a.m. and leave Clewiston to return at 4 p.m.. The cost is $20, payable in advance when you reserve your spot on the bus.…
Read to Learn Books for Free Book Drive – Frost Family Day
Florida international university’s Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum is collecting gently-used children’s books to donate to our community’s children! Books can be dropped in the Read to Learn Books for Free bin at Frost Family Day, a free event with hands-on art activities that engage everyone with the museum’s collections and exhibitions.…
Picnic de Libros para toda la familia
La Feria del Libro de Miami, del Miami Dade College; la Fundación Cuatrogatos y Conecta Miami Arts presentan Picnic de Libros, un evento cultural gratuito, dirigido a los niños y a las familias de Miami, que busca fomentar la lectura y el gusto por los libros y la literatura. Las actividades esa tarde incluirán la obra de teatro para niños El camino del bosque, producida por Artefactus Cultural Project. Los niños también disfrutarán de una performance musical a cargo de Michael Gil;…
Encuentro con la escritora mexicana Silvia Molina
La Fundación Cuatrogatos y el Instituto Cultural de México en Miami, con el apoyo del Programa de Autores Iberoamericanos de la Feria del Libro del Miami Dade College y de Cinco Books, invitan a un encuentro con la destacada escritora mexicana Silvia Molina. La autora conversará sobre su trayectoria literaria y su trabajo dedicado a los niños y jóvenes. Además presentará su libro Le comieron la lengua los ratones, ilustrado por Cecilia Varela y publicado por la editorial CIDCLI, ganador del Premio Fundación Cuatrogatos 2019.…
Keynote Address: Joy Harjo, author of How We Became Human in conversation with Natalie Diaz
Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Her seven books of poetry, which includes such well-known titles as How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and She Had Some Horses, have garnered many awards. These include the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas; and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. …
Poetry Workshops with High School Students
Award-winning poets Joy Harjo and Natalie Diaz will facilitate community poetry workshops for local high school students. They will each visit separate local high school classes, where each student in the workshop will receive a copy of either Joy Harjo’s How We Became Human or Natalie Diaz’s When My Brother Was an Aztec.…
Read to Learn Books for Free Reading Circle – March 2019
Reading, Arts with Miami Kids Magazine, and Music making with special guest Brandon Cruz of South Florida Center for Percussive Arts. Share the love of books….Drop gently-used baby books, first readers, and picture books into the Read to Learn Books for Free bin, and know that your books stock the 60 bookshelves found around Miami-Dade providing every child who visits the shelves a free book to take home. Together we can change the statistic that only 1 in 300 children own a book at home!…
FIRST DRAFT: A Literary Social (March 2019)
Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Instructor: Anjanette Delgado Theme: How to Write Real People Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Swing by a First Draft event for a drink (the first one’s on the house) and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!…
Taller: “El cuento: el Frankenstein despierto” con Carlos Pintado
SOLD OUT! Lamentablemente, ya no hay cupo para el taller. Para apuntarse a la lista de espera, por favor escriba a iflores2@mdc.edu. Le informaremos si surge una oportunidad. Gracias por su interés. Taller de 8 semanas, los sábados de 10:00 am. a 12:00 pm. Del 16 de marzo al 4 de mayo Objetivo: Al final de las ocho semanas del taller, los participantes habrán escrito, al menos, un cuento que habrá sido analizado y debatido por el instructor y los demás integrantes del grupo.…
Protected: Taller: “El cuento: el Frankenstein despierto” con Carlos Pintado
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¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!, con Lizette Espinosa
Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y exprésate con libertad. Así es como funciona: te damos un tema, escribes durante diez minutos. Si quieres, compartes el texto con el resto de los participantes. Hacemos una pausa para socializar y para que tomes una copa (¡la primera la invita la casa!). Repetimos la dinámica. Tema: El uso de la imagen en la poesía. Lizette Espinosa: Poeta cubana nacida en La Habana, Cuba, (1969). Autora de los poemarios: Pas de Deux,…
