Ivy & Bean are back! Worried about becoming a spoiled only child, Ivy needs a baby sister, quick! Luckily, Ivy and Bean know just where to get one in Annie Barrows’ One Big Happy Family. Judy Moody discovers that she might have royal blood! But what to do about those other pesky family secrets? Find out in Meghan McDonald’s Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party.  …

As things are just starting to look up for two teenage boys, a chain of events alters their understanding of love, friendship, and fate in Kwame Alexander’s latest YA book, Swing. Jacqueline Woodson‘s children’s book The Day You Begin reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes—and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. Sponsored by…

Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad is a memoir from the first African American Muslim to win an Olympic medal for fencing.…

In My Baseball Journey, Felipe Alou and journalist Peter Kerasotis recount Alou’s journey from a tiny shack in the Dominican Republic to becoming the first Dominican to play and manage in major league baseball.…

Meg Cabot’s Royal Crown: From the Notebooks of a Middle-School Princess is a new spinoff of the popular Princess Diaries YA book series.…

A Dedicated Life: Journalism, Justice and a Chance for Every Child is a memoir from a lifelong champion of children, David Lawrence, Jr., who became a leading national advocate for children and was instrumental in founding the Children’s Movement of Florida. Sponsored by…

Sarah Weinman’s nonfiction book The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World investigates the true crime that inspired Nabokov to write his classic novel. In conversation with Ron Charles.…

Carol Fulp’s Success Through Diversity: Why the Most Inclusive Companies Will Win explores how investing in a racially and ethnically diverse workforce will help make contemporary businesses more dynamic, powerful, and profitable. Crystal M. Fleming’s How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics. In conversation with Helene Atwan, director of Beacon Press.…

Our Woman in Havana: A Diplomat’s Chronicle of America’s Long Struggle with Castro’s Cuba is a longtime insider’s unprecedented look behind the “Sugar Curtain” during America’s long standoff with communist Cuba, by “one of this generation’s finest diplomats,” Ambassador Vicki Huddleston.…

In Where Do I Begin?: Stories from a Life Lived Out Loud, radio personality Elvis Duran shares his wildest stories and hardest-learned lessons, all with his trademark heart and humor.…

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.…

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    …

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.…

In the collection Busted in New York and Other Essays, Darryl Pinckney offers a view of our recent racial history that blends the social and the personal — as it wonders how we arrived at our current moment.…

Television producer Gary Janetti’s Do You Mind If I Cancel?: (Things That Still Annoy Me) chronicles the pains and indignities of everyday life. In his memoir Beautiful on the Outside former Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon recounts his journey from a homeschooled kid in Scranton, PA, to self-professed America’s Sweetheart.…

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.…

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen is a charming account of Mary Norris’s lifelong love affair with words, the Greek language, and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. In conversation with Roxanne Coady, host of Just the Right Book, a LitHub Radio podcast.…

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.…

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.…

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…

Volvemos a encontrarnos en persona y los invitamos a una cita con la poesía contemporánea. Alejandro Pérez Cortés, poeta, narrador y profesor mexicano que reside en Estados Unidos, ganó el Premio Paz 2020 organizado por la Feria del Libro de Miami y National Poetry Series, fallado por José Kozer, y presenta: Ima y Coli son el árbol que nunca fue semilla. Joaquín Badajoz, miembro correspondiente de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Español (ANLE) ofrece Cántaro,…

Speakers: Pilar Quintana, Beatriz Mendoza Es un gusto para la Feria recibir este año a la narradora y guionista de cine colombiana Pilar Quintana, ganadora del Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2021, quien presenta Los abismos, un relato protagonizado por una niña que asume las revelaciones de su madre y los silencios de su padre para empezar a construir su propio mundo. La autora conversará con la escritora y periodista Beatriz Mendoza. Este evento requiere entradas: Gratis.…

In A Matter of Trust: India-US Relations from Truman to Trump, Indian-born journalist Meenakshi Ahamed reveals the personal prejudices and insecurities of the leaders, and the political imperatives, of India and the United States that so often cast a shadow over their relationship. Moderated by author Mamta Chaudhry. To livestream this event visit MiamiBookFairOnline.com. This event requires a ticket for admission. All in-person events at MBF 2021 will require a ticket for entry. Tickets will be available to Friends of the Fair October 18 and to the general public November 3.…

El poeta cubano residente en Miami Carlos Pintado, ganador entre otros del Premio Paz de Poesía 2014, inaugura el Programa de Autores Iberoamericanos con El árbol rojo, una colección de haikus en los que la mirada del poeta penetra el acontecer cotidiano en busca de lo trascendente. Pintado se presenta con el cantautor cubano Francisco Céspedes en un diálogo poético-musical. Esta presentación en persona también será transmitida en MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

En una charla profunda y amena la reconocida la escritora y guionista cubana Wendy Guerra conversa con el periodista José Manuel Rodríguez acerca de cómo un diario íntimo puede convertirse en novela, y de qué forma esas novelas narran y asientan el tiempo de la autora y sus contemporáneos. Esta presentación en persona también será transmitida en MiamiBookFairOnline.com. Con el apoyo de …

High school students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools act as journalists, posing questions to the honorees for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Since 1998, Teen Press Conference has taken place at various literary landmarks in New York, including the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Scholastic Auditorium, Brooklyn Borough Hall, and now – for the eighth year – at the Miami Book Fair! Hosted by author Pablo Cartaya,…

¿Entramos en una nueva era puritana? ¿Existe un nuevo activismo liberticida? Hay temor a expresarse, en la universidad y en la empresa, y a cómo será interpretada una canción, una obra literaria o un artículo de opinión. Las libertades de expresión y creación parecen en recesión y cuestionadas, como en tiempos totalitarios. La Cátedra Vargas Llosa abandera un foro de debate para medios y agentes culturales en torno a la deriva de la libertad de palabra hoy. Panel con la participación de la periodista y escritora española Inés Martín Rodrigo,…

In Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, Erich Schwartzel offers an eye-opening and deeply reported narrative that explores the surprising role of the movie business in the high-stakes contest between the U.S. and China. The result of the clash will determine whether democratic or authoritarian values will be broadcast more powerfully around the world. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

In California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival, Keith Corbin, born on the home turf of the notorious Grape Street Crips in 1980s Watts, Los Angeles, tells his story – from cooking crack at age 13 and a stint at a maximum security prison to executive chef and co-owner of Alta Adams in Los Angeles, one of the best restaurants in the country. In My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole,…

In Fly Girl: A Memoir, novelist Ann Hood reflects on her time as a flight attendant. She learned how to evacuate seven kinds of aircraft, deliver a baby, mix proper cocktails, administer oxygen, and fend off passengers’ advances – while walking a million miles in high heels. Despite its roots in sexist standards, the job empowered her. And in The Family Outing: A Memoir, Jessi Hempel writes about growing up in a seemingly picture-perfect, middle-class American family.…

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family is Rabia Chaudry‘s love letter (with recipes) to fresh roti, chaat, chicken biryani, ghee, and pakoras – and an often hilarious dissection of life in a Muslim immigrant family. It is also a searingly honest portrait of a woman grappling with a body that works, but refuses to meet the expectations of others. In Illegally Yours: A Memoir, TV writer Rafael Agustin (Jane the Virgin) recalls how,…

In Jonathan Escoffery‘s If I Survive You: Stories, Topper, Sanya, and their two children flee to Miami in the 1970s to escape the political violence of their native Kingston, Jamaica. But America is hardly the promised land. The linked stories center on Trelawny, the couple’s youngest son, as he struggles to carve out a place for himself amid financial disaster, racism, and bad luck. In A.M. Homes‘ The Unfolding: A Novel, the Big Guy loves his family,…

In The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty, Sy Montgomery reveals the wondrous world of these birds and what they can teach us about nature, life, and love. These are no pets but fierce predators, deeply emotional, quick to anger and frustration, and capable of holding a grudge for years – but they are also intensely loyal. In The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack E. Davis takes readers from before the nation’s founding through inconceivable resurgences of an enduring all-American species.…

Do we need bookstores in the 21st century? And if so, what makes a good one? With In Praise of Good Bookstores, Jeff Deutsch – director of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstores, one of the finest bookstores in the world – offers an eloquent and charming reflection on such entities. It is both a loving homage and an urgent account of why they are essential community places of discovery, refuge, and fulfillment. Joining is Robert Martin, founder of TheIndependantBookseller.com;…

In This is What it Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You, Susan Rogers, Ph.D., and her co-author, Ogi Ogas, Ph.D., explain why we fall in love with music. Readers are guided to recognize their “listener profile” based on responses to seven key dimensions of any song, deepening the connection to favorite artists, and changing how we listen to music. Joining her is Nelson George, author of the D Hunter mystery series and the nonfiction The Death of Rhythm &…

Blitz Bazawule‘s debut, The Scent of Burnt Flowers: A Novel, follows Melvin and his fiancé, Bernadette, from a parking lot in Alabama to Ghana. With a persistent FBI agent on their trail and an unexpected encounter with a highlife musician adding lust, magic, and danger, what was meant to be a fresh start quickly spirals into chaos, threatening their relationship and lives. The Perfume Burned His Eyes is Michael Imperioli‘s debut novel, an edgy coming-of-age story that follows Matthew from 1976,…

Namwali Serpell‘s The Furrows: A Novel tells the story of Cassandra Williams, who was 12 when her 7-year-old brother, Wayne, is lost forever. Years later, Cassandra meets a man mysterious and familiar, who is also searching for someone and his own place in the world. His name is Wayne. And in Jacinda Townsend‘s Mother Country: A Novel, a toddler in Morocco is adopted by a visiting African American woman. But the girl already has a mother – an undocumented Mauritanian who was trafficked as a teen – and the two women face an inevitable reckoning.…

In An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville, Reza Aslan explores the story of Howard Baskerville, a student of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton. Baskerville is a believer in the gospel of Jesus – and Wilson’s, by which constitutional democracy is the birthright of all nations. While in his missionary service in Iran in 1907, he joined his students fighting for a democratic revolution, and it cost him his life. This is a ReadingEast program.…

Join Miami Book Fair as we dive into “The Legacy of José Saramago in Contemporary Literature,” a conversation featuring Portuguese writer VALTER HUGO MAE, winner of the 2007 Saramago Prize and 2012 Oceanos Prize, and Portuguese writer and journalist ANA MARGARIDA DE CARVALHO, winner of the 2013 and 2016 Portuguese Writers Association Award, and film director MIGUEL GONÇALVES MENDES. Moderated by RICARDO VASCONCELOS, PH.D., professor of Portuguese and Brazilian literature at San Diego State University.…

El periodista, escritor, columnista del “Miami Herald” y analista de CNN en Español ANDRÉS OPPENHEIMER presenta Cómo salir del pozo, un innovador ensayo que explora el fenómeno global de la insatisfacción, y propone nuevas estrategias para que no solo seamos más prósperos, sino también más felices. El autor responderá preguntas del público, y se referirá también a algunos aspectos de la actual situación política argentina y latinoamericana. Oppenheimer conversará con el reconocido presentador MARIO KREUTZBERGER, DON FRANCISCO. Compra Cómo salir del pozo.…

The 2023 National Book Award-honored authors in Young People’s Literature visit Miami Book Fair to share more about their books and answer questions from Miami-Dade County’s middle and high school students acting as journalists! Hosted by EBONY LADELLE, authors include ERIN BOW, Simon Sort of Says; KENNETH M. CADOW, Gather; HUDA FAHMY, Huda F Cares; DAN NOTT, Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day;…

JAIME BAYLY presenta su nueva novela Los genios, donde recrea los gloriosos años de la férrea amistad entre Gabriel García Márquez y Mario Vargas Llosa, y explora los secretos y las iras que hicieron añicos esa relación. Compra Los genios. – Bayly…

Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better is a bold call to reexamine how our government operates – and how it sometimes fails. JENNIFER PAHLKA shows why we must stop trying to move what we have today onto new technology and instead consider what it would mean to truly recode American government. In Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, ALISSA QUART explores America’s “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” credo,…

In War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Russian journalist MIKHAIL ZYGAR explains the impact of a new generation of Ukrainians, and provides an overview of a war that continues to threaten the world as we know it. Moderating is author, historian, and award-winning professor PHIL HARLING. Buy War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. – Zygar…

In My What If Year: A Memoir, ALISHA FERNANDEZ MIRANDA writes about pausing her successful high-powered career for a year to explore a few jobs of her dreams, a journey that tested what she thought she was physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of. In EMMA GREY’s The Last Love Note: A Novel, two years after losing her husband, Kate is still grieving, solo parenting, and lurching from one comedic crisis to the next. In BRITTANY MEANS’ Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways: A Memoir,…

In the bittersweet You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir, poet MAGGIE SMITH explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself, ultimately reckoning with contemporary womanhood and the historical power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. In We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of], HANNAH PITTARD recalls a decade’s worth of unforgettable conversations, beginning with the one in which she discovers her husband has been having sex with her charismatic best friend.…

SANDRA GUZMÁN, editor of Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women, is joined by contributors ELIZABETH ACEVEDO, DAINA CHAVIANO, ANJANETTE DELGADO, and ESMERALDA SANTIAGO to discuss the power, strength, and creativity of the 140+ voices collected in the book, including writers, leaders, scholars, and activists, and 24 Indigenous voices. Moderating is Emmy-winning journalist SOLEDAD O’BRIEN, author of Latino in America.…

In Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome, comedian APARNA NANCHERLA delivers a collection of essays marked by her signature humor, sharing hilarious and incredibly insightful meditations on body image, productivity culture, the ultra-meme-ability of mental health language, and who, exactly, gets to make art “about nothing.” In her memoir Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams is No Joke, LONDON HUGHES recounts disastrous experiences in friendships, relationships, and career choices, but reminds readers that however bad things get,…

In Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark, Egyptian American astrophysicist SARAFINA EL-BADRY NANCE shares how she carved out a place in her field, grounding herself in a lifelong love of the stars to face life’s inevitable challenges and embrace the unknown. In ELIO MORILLO’s The Boy Who Reached the Stars: A Memoir, he chronicles an itinerant childhood and unique journey from the farthest expanse of human endeavor – space – to AI and robotics.…

In her highly anticipated debut, Legitimate Kid: A Memoir, AIDA RODRIGUEZ chronicles her whirlwind life – from being kidnapped (twice!) and enduring homelessness with her children to securing an HBO Max special and multiple development deals. Rodriguez used her gifts and worked tirelessly to turn her pain into biting comedy that takes on everything from misogyny and racism to the latest news headlines. Moderating is GUISELL GÓMEZ, editor-in-chief for BELatina News. Buy Legitimate Kid: A Memoir.…

In Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, JEFFREY TOOBIN details the profound legacy of McVeigh, from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Featuring interviews with key figures such as Bill Clinton, Homegrown provides not only a powerful retelling of one of the great outrages of our time, but a warning for the future. Moderating is author and journalist MICHAEL GRUNWALD, senior writer for Politico magazine. Buy Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism.…

SUZANNE NOSSEL, CEO of PEN America, discusses freedom of expression in the U.S. and around the world, and PEN’s role in addressing attempts at censorship. She is joined by RENEE O’CONNOR, South Florida high school teacher, and BEN FOUNTAIN, recipient of the PEN Hemingway Award and author of Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution and his latest, Devil Makes Three: A Novel, a tale of greed and American complicities in Haiti.…

JOSEPH SASSOON’s The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire is a saga of the making – and undoing – of a family dynasty. In The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America, DANIEL SCHULMAN shares the story of the German-Jewish immigrants who influenced what would become some of the largest investment banks in the world. Buy The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire.…

In Optical Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization, COCO KRUMME explores how optimization has taken over the world – and the urgent case for a new approach. In Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech, BRIAN MERCHANT discusses how automation changed our world and how it’s shaping our future. Moderated by NATALIA MARTINEZ-KALININA, founder and principal of NMK Group. Buy Optical Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization. – Krumme Buy Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech.…

PABLO BRESCIA’s Diego Maradona: A Socio-Cultural Study tells the story of one of the greatest soccer players in history, who also became a culturally constructed political figurehead. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided, SCOTT EYMAN offers an insightful portrait of a genius and his fall from grace in an America consumed by political turmoil. And in ADRIAN MATEJKA’s Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century,…

In Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia, NATASHA LANCE ROGOFF shares how a dedicated Moscow team brought Sesame Street to Russian children after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Despite many odds, Lance Rogoff and her team remained determined to bring laughter and learning to children across the former Soviet empire. Buy Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia. – Rogoff…

La escritora, catedrática y poeta afro-puertorriqueña MAYRA SANTOS FEBRES presenta su nueva obra La otra Julia donde se narra la corta e intensa vida de la poeta puertorriqueña Julia de Burgos García en la voz de una autora que lidia con sus propios conflictos y dificultades. Santos Febres dialogará con la escritora ANJANETTE DELGADO. Compra La otra Julia – Febres…

El director y guionista cubano PAVEL GIROUD llega con Habana nostra, una novela documental con personajes reales que resume un episodio apasionante de la historia del crimen organizado. Una obra que huele a pólvora, a salitre, a ron y a salsa amatriciana. Un viaje a lo largo de cuarenta años a Sicilia, a la Cuba republicana y a la Nueva York de la ley seca. En conversación con el periodista cultural y crítico de cine ALEJANDRO RÍOS.…

La Feria presenta una obra que es una celebración, un homenaje, un tributo a uno de los mejores futbolistas de todos los tiempos. Esta compilación de ensayos plantea un recorrido en el que destacadas figuras internacionales transitan aventuras, personajes y momentos que van perfilando la figura de Lionel Messi. Participan: PABLO BRESCIA, RUBÉN COSTA, ANA MARÍA OSPINA, y FERNANDO SEGURA TREJO. Modera: RAMSÉS SANDOVAL. CON EL APOYO DE Compra Messi,…

Fifty years ago, the Carnation Revolution brought profound social and artistic transformations to Portugal. These changes were vividly reflected in literature, giving rise to a celebrated new generation of post-revolution writers. As we commemorate 50 years of creative freedom in Portuguese literature, we’ll explore the impact of these historical milestones on the art of writing.   Joining us are JOSÉ LUÍS PEIXOTO, distinguished Portuguese writer, poet, and recipient of the 2001 José Saramago Award, whose work has been published and translated into 30 languages,…

The 2024 National Book Award-honored authors in Young People’s Literature visit Miami Book Fair to share more about their books and answer questions from Miami-Dade County’s middle and high school students acting as journalists. Hosted by JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS, authors include OLIVIA A. COLE, JOSH GALARZA, ERIN ENTRADA KELLY, ANGELA SHANTÉ, and ALI TERESE! For more information and to RSVP, contact Rachel Gil de Gibaja at rgildegi@mdc.edu.…

Presentación del libro Agua sagrada, de RUBÍ ARANA en su versión bilingüe, con el cual se dará un homenaje póstumo a su vida y obra. Con la participación de escritores cercanos a la poeta nicaragüense que compartirán sus poemas y anécdotas más preciadas, entre ellos LIDIA CARABALLO, BEATRIZ MENDOZA CORTISSOZ, ALEJANDRA FERRAZZA, KELLY MARTINEZ GRANDALL, GLORIA MILÁDELAROCA, DANILO LÓPEZ ROMÁN, STACEY ALBA SKAR-HAWKINS,…

How can you navigate life as the “normal” child of an extraordinary creative? In Earth to Moon: A Memoir, MOON UNIT ZAPPA writes about the wonders and challenges of growing up the daughter of Frank Zappa. But while every family faces unique problems related to their particular makeup, the journey to growing into yourself with grace is as universal as it gets. Moderated by award-winning journalist and radio host FLORENCIA FRANCESCHETTI.   Buy Earth to Moon: A Memoir – Zappa…

MARIE ARANA’s LatinoLand: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority – a sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population in America – celebrates Latino resilience and character and shows why we must understand the largest and fastest-growing minority in America. PAOLA RAMOS’ Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America explores how race, identity, and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos,…

Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls is SUSAN SEIDELMAN’s first-person story of her trailblazing four-decade career in film, which began when few women were directing movies. From her Twiggy-obsessed girlhood through the women’s liberation movement of the early 1970s, the Madonna-mania of the ’80s, and beyond, Seidelman offers a keen perspective on the times she has lived through. Moderated by writer, director, producer, and cinematographer BILL TECK. Buy Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies,…

In Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation, Emmy Award-winning actor JIM O’HEIR offers a heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s most beloved sitcoms – including never-before-told stories and dozens of unseen photos. Joining him in conversation is comedy writer ALAN ZWEIBEL, author of Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier.   SPONSORED BY   Buy Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation – O’Heir Buy Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier – Zweibel…

DAVID GREENBERG’s John Lewis: A Life captures the legacy of the civil rights icon through long-lost footage, never-before-used FBI documents, and interviews with hundreds of people who knew him, including Lewis himself. In LEONARD PITTS JR.’s 54 Miles: A Novel, a family confronts painful memories, past trauma, and racial injustice during a few pivotal weeks in American history in March 1965 – from the infamous Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama, to the triumphant entry into the Alabama State Capitol.…

On October 7, 2023, Jews in Israel were attacked in the largest pogrom since the Holocaust. On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates – an intimate collection of smart, meaningful, funny, emotional, and inspiring essays, edited by ZIBBY OWENS – gives voice to 75 contributors who shared their thoughts on what it means to be Jewish today in the wake of that violence. Speaking are contributors KEREN BLANKFELD, DARA LEVAN, and ROCHELLE B.…

DANIELA RUS’ The Mind’s Mirror: Risk and Reward in the Age of AI, co-written with Gregory Mone, is an introduction to the true potential of AI and a lively exploration of the underlying technology and its limitations and possibilities. In Mindless: The Human Condition in the Machine Age, ROBERT SKIDELSKY explores our relationship with machines, from humanity’s first tools to the present and into the future. It raises the crucial question of why some parts of the world developed a “machine civilization,” and others didn’t,…

In Women, Money, Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality, JOSIE COX tells the compelling story of women’s fight for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equal access to money and the power that comes with it. In Remember, You Are a Wiley, MAYA WILEY shares a story of growing up in a household that prioritized activism, hope, and resilience above all else, and speaks of surviving trauma, the power of activism,…

In The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust, FRANCIS S. COLLINS draws on his work from the Human Genome Project and National Institutes of Health, providing a moral, philosophical, and scientific framework to address the problems of our time – distrust of public health, partisanship, racism, response to climate change, and threats to our democracy. ERIC KLINENBERG’s 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed is the first book to capture the full human experience during one of the most consequential years in history.…

Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age is a history of the senior experience in modern America, revealing how security exists only for some. Historian JAMES CHAPPEL shows how old age first emerged as a distinct stage of life and then evolved, urging us to look to the past to better understand old age today – and how it could be better tomorrow. In The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond,…

I Will Do Better: A Father’s Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love is CHARLES BOCK’s frank, tender memoir of parenting his young daughter while dealing with immense grief in the wake of his wife’s untimely death. In Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir, PRIYANKA MATTOO chronicles her search for home across 40 years and 32 addresses. From leaving her beloved Kashmir as a child amid mounting violence and finding – and losing – friendships in a Saudi Arabian compound to finally settling in Los Angeles,…

SHALOM AUSLANDER was raised in a dysfunctional family in the Orthodox Jewish community of Monsey, New York: the son of an alcoholic father, guilt-wielding mother, and a violent, overbearing God. But he began to suspect that what plagued him was something worse: a story called “Feh.” Feh: A Memoir is his midlife journey to rewrite that tale. In And Then? And Then? What Else?, DANIEL HANDLER recounts his journey to becoming one of the most successful writers of the 21st century.…

EDDA L. FIELDS-BLACK’s Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War is the story of the Combahee River raid, during which Tubman ventured into South Carolina slave territory to live, work, and gather intelligence for an attack on major Confederate plantations – an extraordinary accomplishment that helped to define the distinctly American Gullah Geechee dialect, culture, and identity. TIYA MILES’ intimate Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People (Significations) adds depth and humanity to someone who otherwise might seem more a comic book superhero than a historic icon.…

For many, Jesus has become a precious relic, revered yet lacking the immediacy of authentic spiritual force. In The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love (The Marianne Williamson Series), MARIANNE WILLIAMSON writes of a Jesus who transcends glib imagery and religious dogma. This is not just a historical figure but an ever-present teacher who is, in the words of St. Augustine, “ever ancient, ever new.” Joining Williamson in conversation is REV. JUAN DEL HIERRO,…