Events on the Weekend – 2019

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Miami’s avant-dance duo Afrobeta’s unique and diverse sound transcends genre classifications and will keep you moving from start to finish with Cuci’s rapid-fire delivery combined with Smurphio’s funky synths and head-bopping basslines. Afrobeta is Miami. Sponsored by…

Sharon Salzberg’s Real Love offers a creative toolkit of mindfulness exercises, meditation techniques, and interactive applications that will guide readers to find a truer meaning of love. Salzberg will be in conversation with Scott Rogers, founder of the University of Miami School of Law’s Mindfulness in Law Program. Sponsored by…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue A Penguin Classics & MBF Collab twist on classic books featuring MBF Authors confessing their literary character crushes, the steamiest scenes from classic books, and what they’ve learned about love, friendship, sex- all the feels – from classic literature. Hosted by Penguin Classics Publisher Elda Rotor featuring Marlon James and Maris Kreizman.…

Philippine born author Grace Talusan’s memoir The Body Papers retraces a family history threaded with violence, abuse and cancer, ultimately shining a light of hope into the darkness. Aaron Bobrow-Strain’s The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story reveals the human consequences of militarizing the U.S. border.…

Josh Campbell’s Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump’s War on the FBI takes readers behind the scenes of the earliest days of the investigation into Russian involvement in the presidential election and up to the present. Intelligence analyst Malcolm Nance’s The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It reveals exactly how Trump and his inner circle conspired, coordinated, communicated, and eventually strategized to commit treachery. Philip Mudd’s Black Site offers an insider’s account of  the Post-9/11  CIA’s counterterrorism work and  its interrogation program in a web of top-secret “black sites.” Moderated by Fernand Amandi,…

In Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Raniest of Days, Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean reveals obstacles she’s faced that could have severely impacted any professional woman’s career, from online trolls to health issues to abusive and sexist bosses.…

Eric Lichtblau’s Return to the Reich: A Holocaust Refugee’s Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis, is an eye-opening, unforgettable narrative of World War II heroism. Debbie Cenziper’s Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers in America tells the gripping story of a team of Nazi hunters at the U.S. Department of Justice. Sponsored by          …

Möbius Strips and Other Stories collects the best of Tom DeMarchi’s short and flash fiction across two decades. In his collection of short stories, Perp Walk, Jim Daniels maps out the emotional capitals and potholes of coming of age in a blue-collar town in Michigan.…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Grammy Nominated Xperimento is a bilingual, multicultural, cross-genre, All-Star, All-Live band from Miami, that blends world sounds such as Cumbia, Reggae, Ska, Salsa, Merengue, Dembo, Kuduru and Funk with elements of Rock, R&B, HipHop and Dancehall. In other words TREMENDO PARTY! Sponsored by  …

Ryan Leigh Dostie’s Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line is powerful literary memoir of a young Army recruit driven to prove herself in a man’s world. In Three Women, journalist Lisa Taddeo follows three ordinary women from different regions and backgrounds resulting in a groundbreaking portrait of erotic longing in today’s America.…

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, is an anthology of fantastic tales that offers both careful scholarship and fun. Jeff VanderMeer—whom The New Yorker has anointed “the weird Thoreau”—will also discuss his brand new novel, Dead Astronauts, which makes a mind-bending, form-stretching, and altogether dazzling return to the universe of his previous novel, Borne, to address one of its central mysteries: the three dead astronauts at the crossroads of the City. …

Melissa Isaacson’s  State: A Team, a Triumph, a Transformation  is a compelling first-person account of what it was like to live through both traditional gender discrimination in sports and the joy of the very first days of equality in the 1970s. In You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity, former Syracuse University quarterback and NFL veteran Don McPherson examines how masculinity adversely impacts women and creates many “blind spots” that hinder the healthy development of men.…

In Daniel Jose Older’s novel, The Book of Lost Saints, a woman who vanished during the Cuban Revolution comes back in spirit to her nephew to ask questions in a family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds.  Oscar Cásares’s Where We Come From is a stunning and timely novel about a Mexican-American family in Brownsville, Texas that reluctantly becomes involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States.  In Steph Cha’s novel, Your House Will Pay,…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Don’t miss the Miami Book Fair debut of this monthly event during which several folks give fun-yet-informative presentations while the audience drinks along. Think Discovery Channel… with beer!…

Alex Kotlowitz’s An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago is a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago’s most turbulent neighborhoods. Investigative reporter Kyle Swenson tells in Good Kids, Bad City the true story of the longest wrongful imprisonment in the United States to end in exoneration, and a critical social and political history of Cleveland, the city that convicted them.…

Tough Cases: Judges Tell the Stories of Some of the Hardest Decisions They’ve Ever Made  is a collection of writings by judges about the most difficult case they had to decide – from the family case involving Elian Gonzalez and the life-or-death of Terri Schiavo, to the mental health of a mother who murdered her own children. With contributors: Hon. Gail Chang Bohr, Hon. Edward Wilson, and Hon. Jennifer Bailey. Moderated by Roberto Martinez.…

George Packer´s Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century examines the life and work of one of the most influential American diplomats of the past four decades. In conversation with Kai Bird, executive director, The Leon Levy Center for Biography. Sponsored by  TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come, first served” basis.…

This Is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, a Culture, a Community – a Life in Streetwear tells the story of The Hundreds and the precepts that made it an iconic streetwear brand, by Bobby Hundreds himself. In conversation with Asanyah Davidson, chairperson, Miami Fashion Institute at Miami Dade College.…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Lemon City Trio blends cinematic guitar textures, hip-hop grooves, and slinky Cajun beats. Sponsored by  …

Gilbert M. Gaul’s The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America’s Coasts examines how the burden of storm damage has shifted from private investors to public taxpayers. Michael Klare’s All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change is an eye-opening examination of climate change from the perspective of the U.S. military. In The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, David Wallace-Wells offers a terrifying travelogue of our near future,…

Jennifer Cody Epstein’s novel, Wunderland, is an intimate portrait of a friendship severed by history, and a sweeping saga of wartime, motherhood and just how far we might go in order to belong.  In Mamta Chaudhry’s Haunting Paris a bereaved pianist discovers a letter among her late lover’s possessions, launching her into a search for a child who vanished in the turbulence of wartime Paris. In conversation with author Debra Dean. Sponsored by        …

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States  is transgender reporter Samantha Allen’s narrative tour through the surprisingly vibrant queer communities sprouting up in conservative states, offering a vision of a stronger, more humane America. Outside In: A Political Memoir is part memoir, and part analysis of the political process, by Libby Davies, the first openly lesbian MP in Canadian politics.…

In Kwame Dawes novel, Bivouac, a man’s grief over the death of his father is exacerbated by the conflict over whether the death was the result of medical negligence or a political assassination. In conversation with Akashic Books publisher Johnny Temple.…

The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg, by veteran New York Times reporter Eleanor Randolph, is a revealing portrait of one of the richest and famously private/public figures in the country. Randolph will be in conversation with Kai Bird, Executive Director, The Leon Levy Center for Biography. Sponsored by  …

In We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast Jonathan Safran Foer explores climate change and our practical, daily response, in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come, first served” basis. Seats will only be held up to ten (10) minutes before the start of the session.…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Miami Book Fair explores the relationship between poetry and music with Vincent Rafard, Oscar Fuentes aka the Biscayne Poet, and Julia Bhatt, in a jam session specially commissioned for this year’s Miami Book Fair.…

From “Agitate” to “Zygote,” John Freeman’s Dictionary of the Undoing redefines selected words necessary in the current political era. In If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might be Saved, Michael Tomasky combines data with trenchant analysis to explain how the nation broke apart and offer a path to a more hopeful political future.…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Start your Sunday off chill!…

In Where I Come From, Life Lessons from a Latino Chef, Aarón Sánchez, America’s most prominent Latino chef, shares the story behind his food, his family, and his professional journey.…

Making Good Time: True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida is an anthology of more than thirty Miami transit-related stories, edited by Lynne Barrett. Barrett will be joined by contributors Terence Cantarella, Jennine Capó Crucet, Alex Segura, and Sammy Mack.…

In What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal, America’s longest running advice columnist, E. Jean Carroll goes on the road to speak to women about hideous men and whether we need them. In conversation with Lisa Birnbach, host of the podcast Five Things That Make Life Better with Lisa Birnbach.…

Emily Bernard’s Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine looks at race in twelve tell-tale, deeply personal essays. Carolyn Forché’s What You Have Heard is True, is a devastating, lyrical, and visionary memoir about a young woman’s brave choice to engage with horror in order to help others. In her memoir Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, author Dani Shapiro explores the ethical questions surrounding DNA testing and,…

Alan Zweibel, Dave Barry and Adam Mansbach are pretty sure that their irreverent A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them…and Much More. Maybe Too Much More, is the last book on Judaism that you will ever need. Well, we’ll see. Sponsored by             TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come,…

Cirko Teatro presents the local favorite “El show de Enriqueta y Agapito,” a puppet-theatre performance in Spanish that focuses on environmental awareness and kindness towards animals. This participatory experience will engage children to meet a host of four-legged creatures, jugglers, and clowns, and to take part of an adventure that teaches them about compassion, respect, and love for one another. Founded in 2015 by the Mexican American Council (MAC) and under the direction of the world renown, “Mariachi Los Mora Arriaga”,…

Conecta Miami Arts brings to life beloved children’s fairytales from around the world. These bilingual, immersive street-theatre pieces celebrate friendship, courage, and imagination. They also address the questions every fan of fairytales is dying to know, such as: How did Peter Pan first get to Neverland? Why isn’t the cat part of the Chinese Zodiac?…

Join the festival-wide search for the world’s most famous missing person. For the chance to win a deluxe Where’s Waldo? prize pack, pick up a Where’s Waldo? postcard at the Children’s Alley info booth.  Use the postcard to record details about where you spot him. Once you’ve located Waldo in all three of his hiding places, write your name, address, and email on the postcard and submit it at the Children’s Alley info booth. Good luck and good hunting!…

The Florida International University College of Arts, Science & Education Mobile STEAM Festival will spark your curiosity in planets Earth’s greatest stories.  Join our Mobile STEAM Festival as we put the spirit of discovery in your hands with activities such as air-propelled rockets, marine-focused VR goggles, human electricity circuits and more!…

Join Encantos Media to read and color from their various book collections: Emmy-nominated, award-winning baby brand Canticos makes learning fun with bilingual books, digital apps and sign-alongs. Learn about the many cultural wonders of the world through the Tiny Travelers Book Series and their Day of the Dead-inspired collection Skeletitos. Meet Ricky Chickie the Puppet, enjoy a reading from author Susie Jaramillo, and leave Encantos’ culturally-inspired tent with stickers,…

More than 200 national and international exhibitors are on hand – plus music, food, and more. See below for hundreds of author presentations, and discussions about everything, from fame to feminism. Sponsored by …

The Rock Bottom Remainders is a classic rock band made up of classic authors! Between them, they’ve published more than 150 titles, sold more than 350 million books, and been translated into more than 25 languages. A special Miami Book Fair presentation featuring authors: Ridley Pearson, Sam Barry, Josh Kelly, Alan Zweibel, Erasmo Paolo, Greg Iles, Scott Turow, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry and Gene Weingarten. Sponsored by …

In Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America Karine Jean-Pierre shows that politics can be accessible to anyone, no matter their background. Jean-Peirre will be joined in conversation with journalist Jorge Ramos. Sponsored by      TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come, first served” basis. Seats will only be held up to ten (10) minutes before the start of the session.…

In America’s Casablanca: A “True Novel” About Miami’s Emergence from Bankruptcy and Corruption former Miami City Manager and City Attorney Jose Garcia-Pedrosa draws on his real-life experiences drawn from the snake pit of corruption that was Miami politics of the late 90s to tell a tale of personal and professional perseverance.…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Cage fight meets poetry slam, American Idol meets book club—that’s Literary Death Match. Four local writers will read their most “electric” works, followed by no-holds-barred commentary by judges. The action will culminate in an “anything goes,” totally unpredictable finale. Hosted by Adrian Todd Zuniga.…

Set within the charged insularity of rural West Virginia, Mesha Maren’s Sugar Run is a searing and gritty debut about making a break for another life. In Andrea Bartz’s The Lost Night, a woman looks into a decade old death of a friend, and questions whether she was involved. Inspired by a true story, Eileen Pollack’s The Professor of Immortality is a gripping, heartfelt look at the way we might choose to respond to recent advances in science and technology.…

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Tamboka is a Miami-based Gypsy Latin Band that plays a one-of-a-kind fusion drawing from Flamenco and Swing, to Cumbia, Bossa Nova, salsa and more. Come and shake it to the groove. Sponsored by GEICO…

Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, Pamela Paul shows how to instill the joy and time-stopping pleasure of reading in her book, How to Raise a Reader. Adam Mansbach’s Fuck, Now There Are Two of You, is actually a loving monologue about a new addition to the family. Paul and Mansbach will be joined by podcast hosts Jamilah Lemieux and Dan Kois, the latter writes about setting out with his family on a journey of discovery in How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together.…

Josh Levin’s The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth is a fascinating account of American racism, and an exposé of the “welfare queen” myth. Levin will be joined by Elizabeth Flock, reporter and producer for PBS NewsHour.…

Mitchell S. Jackson’s Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family is an essential addition to the national conversation about race and class. Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House explores the relationship between a family and their home in a neglected area of New Orleans. Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Anti-racist is an in-depth guide to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves. TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M.…

Fugazi, one of music s most revolutionary and gloriously indefinable bands, is the subject of photographer Glen Friedman’s Keep Your Eyes Open: The Fugazi Photographs of Glen E. Friedman. Friedman will be joined in conversation by Fugazi singer and guitarist Guy Picciotto. Moderatred by author Jess Row.…

“Niños, esperanza del mundo”, organizado por la Fundación Cuatrogatos y la Feria del Libro de Miami Escribir para las nuevas generaciones con Juan Villoro (México) y Antonio Orlando Rodríguez (Cuba-Estados Unidos)  …

Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue South Florida’s longest-running, live storytelling event, Lip Service, features true, smart, honest, (and sometimes sexy) stories presented before a live audience.…

Brenda Wineapple’s The Impeachers recalls a crucial time in American history, when the Congress set out to stop Andrew Johnson, with the first-ever impeachment of a sitting American president. Rick Atkinson’s The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 delves into the first twenty-one months of the American Revolution. Sponsored by TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation.…

Tres autores colombianos nos cuentan sus travesías. Periodista, corresponsal extranjero, diplomático, Enrique Córdoba presenta De la tierra del hielo a la Tierra del fuego (Palabra Libre), una apasionante crónica de su quinta vuelta alrededor del mundo. Ángela Posada Swafford, periodista y autora de libros para niños y jóvenes llega con Hielo: bitácora de una expedicionaria antártica (Planeta), en el que recoge sus experiencias en la Antártida. María Isabel Saavedra, escritora y cantautora musical,…

The National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards recognize some of the most outstanding works of nonfiction published in the U.S. each year. Moderated by Elizabeth Flock, reporter and producer for PBS NewsHour. Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest Sarah M. Broom, The Yellow House Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays Carolyn Forché, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor,…

(Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue) Electric Kif and their undeniable spunk bring an unparalleled energy and blend of cosmic funk, rock, soul, and jazz. Sponsored by  …

Kerri Greenidge’s Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter, reestablishes Trotter’s essential place in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. Dr. Greenidge will be in conversation with Channing Joseph, Fellow, The Leon Levy Center for Biography. Sponsored by Biography    …

The National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards recognize some of the most outstanding works of fiction published in the U.S. each year. Moderated by Ellen Book, Miami Dade Public Library System Branch Manager. Susan Choi, Trust Exercise Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina: Stories Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf Laila Lalami, The Other Americans Kimberly King Parsons, Black Light: Stories Helen Phillips, The Need Julia Phillips,…

Dave Barry learns how to age happily in his latest book, Lessons from Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog. Barry will be joined in conversation by Carl Hiaasen, author, most recently, of Squirm. Sponsored by   TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come, first served” basis.…

“Niños, esperanza del mundo”, organizado por la Fundación Cuatrogatos y la Feria del Libro de Miami Niños, literatura y futuro con Menena Cottin (Venezuela), Legna Rodríguez Iglesias (Cuba), José Ignacio Valenzuela Chile), David Unger (Guatemala) y María Cueto (Cuba-Estados Unidos)     …

In How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics, Teen Vogue columnist Lauren Duca shares a smart and funny guide and a much-needed reminder that young people are the ones who will change the world. Duca will be joined by Elizabeth Flock, reporter and producer for PBS NewsHour.…

In Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America’s Xanadu, Les Standiford tells the history of this landscape and the lives of the rich, the famous and the infamous. Historian Dr. Douglas Brinkley’s American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race takes a fresh look at the space program, and America’s race to the moon. Brad Meltzer’s The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington, tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that illuminates the origins of America’s counterintelligence movement.…

Nitsy Grau es una actriz, directora de teatro y cine y dramaturga cubana radicada en Miami. Trae a la Feria Las manos de Lady y otras astillas (Artefactus Press), un volumen que agrupa diez de sus piezas de teatro breve. El abogado, diplomático, narrador, poeta, especialista en temas sociales y promotor cultural mexicano Arturo Morell ofrece Confía en ti y cambia tu mundo (Porrúa). Rodolfo Pérez Valero, ganador del Primer Premio de Cuento Policíaco en la Semana Negra de Gijón en cinco oportunidades,…

In her memoir Tough Love, ambassador Susan E. Rice connects the personal and the professional as it examines her career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy. In conversation with poet Tom Healy. TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come, first served” basis. Seats will only be held up to ten (10) minutes before the start of the session.…

Two of the best-loved and most celebrated poets of our time, Campbell McGrath and Sharon Olds, share the stage to discuss their newest books. Nothing is too large or small to remain untouched by McGrath’s voracious intellect and deep empathy in Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems. Olds gives us radical new poems of intimate life and political conscience, of race and class and a mother’s violence in Arias. In conversation with Jeffrey Brown, PBS NewsHour.…

In What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues, Clifford Thompson explores the war between the values he has held, and the reality in twenty-first-century America. In his collection of essays We Speak for Ourselves: A Word from Forgotten Black America, D. Watkins gives a voice to people who live in economically disadvantaged black communities and whose experiences he feels are largely absent from the commentary of many top intellectuals who speak and write about race.…

In Walls of Change: The Story of Wynwood Walls, Jessica Goldman Srebnick, CEO of Goldman Properties; author Hal Rubenstein; and photographer Martha Cooper; chronicle a decade of art in Miami’s Wynwood district, capturing the development of its most exemplary murals. Walls of Change features never-before-seen photographs of the Walls’ development, and special commentary by street art’s most iconic figures, including Shepard Fairey, Maya Hayuk, Kenny Scharf, and Ron English.…

Shobha Rao´s Girls Burn Brighter explores the extraordinary bond between two poor, ambitious girls driven apart by circumstance, but relentless in their search for one another. In Tupelo Hassman’s novel, gods with a little g, threats against the Psychic Encounter Shoppe become serious actions in a California town run by evangelical Christians. Lisa Howorth’s Summerlings is a Cold War coming-of-age story in which three best friends confront their fears of the Bomb, Russian spies, bullies,…

Set during the tumultuous George W. Bush years — amid the twin catastrophes of the Iraq insurgency and Hurricane Katrina — Landfall brings Thomas Mallon’s cavalcade of contemporary American politics to a vivid and emotional climax. In her historical novel The Flight Portfolio, Julie Orringer weaves invention and facts as she follows the efforts of one man to save artists and writers from the carnage of WWII. John Burnham Schwartz’s The Red Daughter is a sweeping historical novel and unexpected love story inspired by the remarkable life of Svetlana Alliluyeva,…

Brian D. Johnson’s self-help book, Live Your Dreams Out Loud: 6 Steps to Conquer Your Fears and Achieve Your Dreams, outlines a path to success. In Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real,  Mariana Atencio digs into what makes each of us special and the ways in which we can become a force for good in a broken world. Sponsored by  tropic…

Robert Boyers’s The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, the Academy, and the Hunt for Political Heresies elegantly and fiercely addresses recent developments in American culture, and argues for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal tradition. Stanley Fish’s The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump is a sharply observed look at one of the most hotly debated issues of our time: freedom of speech.…

The National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards recognizes some of the most outstanding poetry collections published in the U.S. each year. Moderated by poet Denise Duhamel.  Dan Beachy-Quick, Variations on Dawn and Dusk Jericho Brown, The Tradition Toi Derricotte, “I”: New and Selected Poems Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic Ariana Reines, A Sand Book Brian Teare, Doomstead Days Sponsored by …

In The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose, Chris Wilson tells his story of second chances: from being sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole at 18, to successful social entrepreneur, mentor, and public speaker.…

The National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards recognizes some of the most outstanding works of translated literature published in the U.S. each year. In conversation with translator and professor Becka McKay. Diane Grosklaus Whitty, The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil’s Everyday Insurrections Sponsored by  …

Evelyn McDonnell’s Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl is an unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, and the history of the evolution and importance of women in music. Ed Ward’s The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2, covers the period between The Beatles’ arrival to America in 1964 to the mid-70s, one of the most exciting eras of rock history.  Jim Daniels is the editor of RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music,…

Nominated for a 2019 National Book Award, Kadir Nelson’s children’s book The Undefeated, is a poem and love letter to black life in the United States.  All ages welcome.  Moderated by Rita Mayer, Miami Dade Public Library System Children’s Librarian. Sponsored by    …

Senator Tom Cotton’s A Soldier’s Tour at Arlington National Cemetery is an unforgettable testament to the timeless power of service and sacrifice to our nation. TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come, first served” basis. Seats will only be held up to ten (10) minutes before the start of the session. Tickets for unfilled seats will be distributed to the standby line on a first come first served basis.…

Michael Gil, Arsenio Diaz and Manuel Clua created the trio DJ Ma Non Troppo,  a fresh and ludic blend of electronic music, loop stations pedals, guitar synthesizers that beautifully mix with the ancestral sounds of a Didgeridoo, Berimbau, Jaw harps and the Sitar. In a performance specially commissioned by Miami Book Fair for this year’s event, they will be joined by the irresistible, multitalented Haitian-American vocalist Inez Barlatier to create high energy electronic music with a taste of blues, rock, Haitian and world music.…

In Outside Looking In: A Novel, T.C. Boyle takes us back to the 1960s and to the early days of a drug whose effects have reverberated widely throughout our culture: LSD. In conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan of fiction/non/fiction, a LitHub Radio Podcast.…

Miguel Cossío Woodward, escritor cubano radicado en México, presenta su novela policíaca Naturaleza muerta (Dharma Books and Publishing), donde la historia está contada por la víctima, después de su muerte. El narrador, periodista y editor cubano Daniel Fernández ofrece La amnesia (Silueta), novela escrita como un diario personal donde un hombre mayor anota su día a día. El guionista y narrador argentino Gastón Virkel llega con Maldito Lasticön, (Suburbano), donde dos personajes traban una amistad que los lleva a recorrer los rincones del absurdo.…

Miguel Cossío Woodward, escritor cubano radicado en México, presenta su novela policíaca Naturaleza muerta (Dharma Books and Publishing), donde la historia está contada por la víctima, después de su muerte. El narrador, periodista y editor cubano Daniel Fernández ofrece La amnesia (Silueta), novela escrita como un diario personal donde un hombre mayor anota su día a día. El guionista y narrador argentino Gastón Virkel llega con Maldito Lasticön, (Suburbano), donde dos personajes traban una amistad que los lleva a recorrer los rincones del absurdo.…

La narradora, docente del MDC y colaboradora de la ANLE Myra Medina presenta El cambio de las estaciones (Baquiana), novela que tiene por escenario una isla caribeña a lo largo del siglo XX. Oscar Cásares, narrador, ensayista y profesor en University of Texas, llega con De donde venimos (Vintage), sobre una familia mexicoamericana vinculada al tráfico de inmigrantes. Mientras el narrador, poeta y dramaturgo español nacido en Tenerife Ernesto Rodríguez Abad ofrece Lazos de humo (Diego Pun),…

Dennis Scholl is a Miami-based art collector and the president and CEO of Oolite Arts. Henry Skerrit’s book The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles focuses on an exhibit drawn from the collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl. The exhibition was the third touring exhibition of their Aboriginal art collection. Scholl will be in conversation with Amy Galpin, Chief Curator of the Frost Art Museum.…

La narradora, docente del MDC y colaboradora de la ANLE Myra Medina presenta El cambio de las estaciones (Baquiana), novela que tiene por escenario una isla caribeña a lo largo del siglo XX. Oscar Cásares, narrador, ensayista y profesor en University of Texas, llega con De donde venimos (Vintage), sobre una familia mexicoamericana vinculada al tráfico de inmigrantes. Mientras el narrador, poeta y dramaturgo español nacido en Tenerife Ernesto Rodríguez Abad ofrece Lazos de humo (Diego Pun),…

In Joyce Carol Oates’ Pursuit, a newlywed husband begins to uncover his bride’s dark secrets, as she lies hospitalized after an accident. Or did she attempt suicide?  Oates will be in conversation with Christopher Beha, Executive Editor, Harper’s Magazine.   Sponsored by …

“Niños, esperanza del mundo”, organizado por la Fundación Cuatrogatos y la Feria del Libro de Miami Los libros, la lectura y nosotros, con Mónica Rodríguez (España), Roxana Méndez (El Salvador), John Fitzgerald Torres (Colombia) y Fanuel Hanán Díaz (Venezuela)  …

Joseph Deitch shares his lifelong pursuit of wisdom and growth in the accessible, practical, down-to-earth, Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life.…

In Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.…

Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu’s book In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History is a frank exploration of the history of racism in the South and its current resurgence. TICKETS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21, 2019 at 12 P.M. Click here to purchase tickets! FREE tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a “first come, first served” basis. Seats will only be held up to ten (10) minutes before the start of the session.…

Whether you start the morning with a cup of coffee and the New Yorker, or tea and an Instagram story, cartoons are still a part of Saturday morning rituals. Start your Saturday off with these incredible collections from New Yorker artists Bob Eckstein (The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Cartoons) and Liana Finck (Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self).…

A woman finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities in Kevin Wilson’s novel, Nothing to See Here. A turf war between neighbors leads to a small-town crisis in Julie Langsdorf’s novel, White Elephant. In Brock Clarke’s Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?: A Novel, a sheltered man is whisked off on a grand (and treacherous) tour of Europe after the death of his mother.…

In William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life, author Steve Almond writes about the 1965 John Williams novel Stoner and why it continues to speak to the impoverishment of inner life in America.…

In Seven Sisters and a Brother: Friendship, Resistance, and the Untold Truth Behind Black Activism at Swarthmore College, the eight students at the heart of the historical eight-day sit-in in 1969 at Swarthmore College — Marilyn Allman Maye, Jannette O. Domingo, Marilyn J. Holifield, Aundrea White Kelley, Myra E. Rose, Harold S. Buchanan and Erica James — recall a protest that led to change.…