Masters of short-form comics, narrative illustration, and webcomics discuss the world of writing small and thinking big. Leela Corman (We all Wish For Deadly Force), Drew Weing (Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo) and Frank Viva (Sea Change) discuss. Moderated by Jessica Abel (Trish Trash, Artbabe).   We all Wish for Deadly Force is a collection of short stories by Leela Corman, including devastating personal loss,…

Guest-edited by Roz Chast, the eleventh annual volume of the New York Times bestselling series showcases a wide range of “varied, provocative feats of cartooning”—The Comics Journal. Series editor, comics critic, educator, and curator Bill Kartalopoulos talks to contributors: renowned comics author Ben Katchor , regular contributor to the New Yorker, Richard McGuire; and Canadian cartoonist and artist Marc Bell.…

Nick Bertozzi (Becoming Andy Warhol), Sarah Glidden (Rolling Blackouts), and Trina Robbins (The Complete Wimmen’s Comix) discuss reporting and reliving unanswered questions from the Iraq War, from the life of Pop Art’s most radical and famous figure, and from 30 years of women’s lives as told in underground comix. Moderated by editor Joan Hilty.   In Becoming Andy Warhol, New York Times bestselling writer Nick Bertozzi and artist Pierce Hargan showcase the moment when,…

Returning from their startling and hilarious illustrated retelling of the Bible in Apocrypha Now, Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler discuss the art of satire with Benjamin Frisch, whose The Fun Family takes aim at real-world stress on the nuclear family.   Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler take a faithful-yet-irreverent approach to the best parts left out of the canonical Bible, including the Midrash, the Apocrypha, Gnostic Gospels, and more in Apocrypha Now. In his debut graphic novel,…

Wisdom doesn’t always come with age; what do adult readers learn from challenged lives lived by the very young?  In her graphic memoir, Long Red Hair, Meags Fitzgerald‘s childhood full of sleepovers, amateur fortune-telling and watching scary movies can’t hide her suspicion that she is unlike her friends. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography.…

A native New Yorker is fed up with life in the dregs of a drug-addled Alphabet City, where his neighbors are shut-ins and his bicycle is always getting stolen, in Dean Haspiel’s graphic novel, Beef with Tomato. The classic graphic novel Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay, by the landmark cartoonist Ben Katchor, is back in print for its twenty-fifth anniversary. Sequential Drawings gathers together more than a decade of Richard McGuire‘s “spot”…

Ripped from today’s headlines, Glyph/Harvey/Inkpot Award-winning cartoonist Keith Knight brings his world-renowned slideshow to the Miami Book Fair. With a deft, humorous touch, Keef highlights 20 plus years of police brutality and racial injustice in the United States with works that originated in his various cartoon series, (th)ink, The K Chronicles, as well as his nationally syndicated comic strip, The Knight Life.  Keef’s funny, yet hard hitting strips about civil rights led him to be named one of the 2015 NAACP History Makers.…

Get a glimpse at surreal tales where children grow up to be robots, toys come alive, and a surfboard carries friends into a supernatural mystery, and gods struggle with real desires. These top creators share insight about why fantasy can be the best tool to teach kids about reality, with Janet Lee and Jim McCann (Return of the Dapper Men), Liniers (Good Night, Planet), George O’Connor (Olympians) and Kim Dwinell (Surfside Girls).…

We all know the classic heavy hitters in the superhero game — we’ve seen them time and time again in storylines new and old. We love them, but sometimes we just need something new. Join Gabby Rivera (America Chavez series) and Kwanza Osajyefo (Black AF: America’s Sweetheart) as they explore a refreshing vision for stories untold with new superheroes joining the classic pantheon that better reflect today’s populace.…

The intersection of comics and medicine is creating one of the most exciting new genres for the graphic story. From navigating mental illness and physical disability to the epidemic of myths and misinformation around Big Pharma and public health, Rachel Lindsay (RX), Kriota Willberg (Draw Stronger), Liana Finck (Passing for Human). Moderated by Joan Hilty.  …

Three bestselling masters of mythology discuss the power of the graphic story to tell old tales in new ways. Join Jaime Hernandez (The Dragon Slayer), George O’Connor (The Olympians), and Johnnie Christmas (Angel Catbird, Firebug).  Moderated by Madeline Miller. …

All life stories are unique, but when your origin tale sometimes seems too strange for words, how do you tell it? Whether it’s being a quiz-show prodigy, searching for your cat and your soul, learning human connection from your shadow, or transitioning gender, Michael Kupperman (All the Answers), Maggie Thrash (Lost Soul Be At Peace), Liana Finck (Passing for Human), and Erin Nations (Gumballs) explore the challenges of being the odd one out. …

The seductive pull of love — it’s an endlessly powerful force in literature, creating some of the funniest, bleakest, and most haunting scenarios we can imagine as writers and artists. Pull up a chair with Dean Haspiel and Jonathan Ames (The Alcoholic) and Nate Powell (Come Again) to find out what dark beasts lie on the edges of desire. Moderated by Adrian Todd Zuniga.…

We all know now that comics aren’t JUST for kids anymore. But what about comics that are distinctly… adult? Join purveyors of the finest “sexy” comics, Sarah Mirk (Open Earth), Ryan Maniulit (Hardwire & Friction), EdMo (NSFW) and Jess Fink (Chester 5000) as they talk to you about what makes comics the perfect medium for porn, how they got their start in “drawing blue”, and why their work can titillate,…

In three dazzling new works of New York City history, Pete Tomasi (The Bridge), and Ted Fox and James Otis Smith (Showtime at the Apollo) reveal the amazing true stories of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Apollo Theater, and the endlessly changing visual and cultural landscape of the Big Apple. Moderated by Joan Hilty. …

Bob Eckstein on The Illustrated History of the Snowman and The World’s Greatest Bookstores: 100 Postcards, and Bob Mankoff, The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive.…

Webcomics USED to be about finding a way to break in to print, but nowadays the web is all you need to make a living AND tell stories that publishers think “don’t have a market.” Dean Haspiel (The Red Hook), Ngozi Ukazu (Check, Please), Carolyn Nowak (Girl Town), and Farel Dalrymple (It Will All Hurt) will talk about how they build their audience while giving voice to under-served ones,…

More than just a girl-centric comic series, Lumberjanes immediately garnered critical acclaim as an all-ages female-led and female-authored title packed with adventure and non-stop entertainment. Join co-creator and Boom! editor Shannon Watters and contributing authors Gabby Rivera and Carolyn Nowak for a journey to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types as they explore all the mystery it holds. Moderated by Kate Schatz.…

When you’re young and plunged into unimaginable peril, you can live a hundred adult lifetimes in one wild adventure. From a missing-children epidemic in turn-of-the-century Hong Kong to an ‘Inglorious Bastard-child” in Nazi Germany, to youth gangs in a futuristic wilderness of monsters, Anne Opotowsky and Aya Morton (His Dream of the Skyland), Geoff Moore (Son of Hitler) and Farel Dalrymple (The Wrenchies) take us to new heights of youthful dark fantasy. Moderated by Kwanza Osajyefo.…

Find out what it’s like to lift the pretty lid of an idyllic community and fall into its dark underside. Nate Powell (Come Again), David Small (Home After Dark), and Maggie Thrash (We Know it was You, Honor Girl) explore tarnished Golden State small-town life, secretive utopian communities, and the deceptive appearances of summer camps and high schools. Moderated by Alex Segura.…

Blasting onto the scene with 1994’s classic, Marvels, Alex Ross brought the denizens of the Marvel universe to life in a way we had never seen before. Decades later, he continues to breathe life into the world’s greatest superheroes and supervillains with his photo realistic depictions. Join author and designer Chip Kidd and Abrams Editorial Director Charlie Kochman as they explore the drawings, paintings, photographs and unpublished stories in the epic new collection, Marvelocity: The Marvel Comics Art of Alex Ross.…

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).…

Our memories are our most cherished, painful and deceitful possessions – diving back into them means facing realities we’re not always ready for. Cecil Castellucci (Girl on Film), Kevin Huizenga (The River at Night), Brian Fies (A Fire Story), and David Heatley (Qualification), talk about memories, both real and imagined, and discuss how time always provides a new way to process our past. Moderated by author/illustrator Kristen Radtke (Imagine Wanting Only This).…

A mysterious traveler watches humanity’s rise and fall, two women uncover a galaxy-spanning conspiracy, a detective gets tangled up in a murderous gang’s pursuit of a legendary mind-altering substance, a young woman discovers cheap rent can be deadly in an Afrofuturist tale of gentrification horror. Koren Shadmi (Highwayman), Paul Pope (Heavy Liquid), Ben Passmore (BTTM FDRS) gather to take you on a tour of the strangest and most exhilarating sci-fi tales in comics.…

How we navigate how others see us, and how that causes us to see ourselves are a key part of finding our path in life. Maia Kobabe (Gender Queer), and Vita Ayala (The Wilds), explore how the standards of “normality” manipulate perceptions of gender, race, and cultural heritage, and how they’re breaking those standards down. Moderated by author/illustrator Kristen Radtke (Imagine Wanting Only This). Mira Jacob (Good Talk) UNABLE TO APPEAR…

Kate Lacour (Vivisectionary) will take you on a journey to the darkest corners of the human psyche. If you’re lucky, they’ll bring you back…. (MATURE CONTENT)   Cynthia Von Buhler UNABLE TO APPEAR Nina Bunjevac UNABLE TO APPEAR…

Rebel youth get their lives back on track by running away — to New Orleans, to a low-budget slasher film set, to outer space! MK Reed and Greg Means (Penny Nichols), and Hannah Templer (Cosmoknights), talk about driving their young protagonists’ destinies and how comics publishing is redefining books for young people.  In Danielle Page’s graphic novel Mera: Tidebreaker, Mera’s plan to assassinate Aquaman gets sidetracked when she and Aquaman unexpectedly fall in love. …

Every year, Best American Comics collects some of the most exciting graphic works of the year, showcasing the work of established and up-and-coming artists found everywhere from the pages of their graphic novels, comic books, periodicals and more! Join Ben Passmore, Angie Wang and Connor Willumsen for a talk highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics form today. Moderated by BAC series editor Bill Kartalopoulos.…

Our physical appearance often determines others’ expectations of us, but the truth of humanity is so much greater. Bill Griffith (Nobody’s Fool) and Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick (Hawking) discuss the lives of their subjects: legendary physicist Stephen Hawking, and sideshow performer “Schlitzie the Pinhead,” and how they transcended the limits others put on them. Moderated by Abrams ComicArts Editorial Director Charlie Kochman.…

Murderous socialites, costumed super-thieves, a super-natural force possessing a new father, and an elite unit of boy scouts! Gabby Dunn (Bury the Lede), Dean Haspiel (The Red Hook, Volume 2), Celine Loup (The Man Who Came Down The Attic Stairs), and Matt Kindt (Black Badge, Volume 2), come together on a rollicking panel that will delve deep into the dark, the horrific, and the lustful – all the best elements of pulp,…

Take a journey through the nature of time and space with the masterfully illustrated and brilliantly designed Rusty Brown. Chris Ware is back with another expansive and introspective work of graphic fiction sixteen years in the making. Join Chris Ware and Chip Kidd for a conversation that explores the rich depths of these interconnected, decade-spanning narratives that bring warmth to aching loneliness like only a Ware story can.…

Creation is a force that can make sense of the parts of our life where we are victimized or erased. Join Diane Noomin (Drawing Power), Kat Verhoeven (Meat and Bone), and Erin Williams (Commute), as they discuss how their newest books tell women’s stories of abuse, self-loathing, and need for connection, and find surprisingly uplifting ways to move forward. Moderated by author/illustrator Kristen Radtke (Imagine Wanting Only This).…

In Sunrise: A Photographic Journey of Comfort, Healing, and Inspiration, TV news veteran Mark Potter captures, as he puts it, “one of the best light shows on all of the planet earth: The tropical sunrise.” He started photographing sunrises in memory of his wife, who died from cancer. The results are upbeat and exciting but also comforting and calming.…

In Everglades National Park (Images of America), co-authors James A. Kushlan – writer, ornithologist, educator, and conservationist – and Kirsten Hines, wildlife photographer, celebrate the park’s 75th anniversary. Every year, a million visitors experience its alligators, crocodiles, Florida panthers, anhingas, roseate spoonbills, and egrets. While there they also hear stories of the indigenous Tequesta, Spanish and British colonialists, pioneer settlers, and Mikasuki-speaking Native Americans – and the soldiers who sought to expel them. In A History Lover’s Guide to Florida (History &…

In Brian Fies‘ The Last Mechanical Monster, an elderly scientist reenters society decades after being imprisoned for threatening his city with an army of giant robots. He’s bent on revenge, but as he experiences genuine kindness and friendship for the first time in his life, his single-minded devotion to vengeance is challenged. Moderating is Charles Kochman, editorial director of Abrams ComicArts, and editor of the #1 bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and Fies’…

The quiet manatee has long been a flashpoint of environmental debates. It’s Florida’s most famous endangered species and its most controversial. In Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida’s Most Famous Endangered Species, author and environmental reporter Craig Pittman provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for these gentle giants. In Forces of Nature: A History of Florida Land Conservation, environmental lawyer Clay Henderson draws on historical sources, interviews, and his long law career to celebrate the organizations and individuals – from John Muir and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas to lesser-known figures such as Frank Chapman – who made the Sunshine State a leader in state-funded conservation and land preservation.…

In The Tribe: Portraits of Cuba, translated by Frank Wynne, Cuban writer Carlos Manuel Álvarez uses the “crónica” form – a  Latin American writing genre that blends reportage, narrative nonfiction, and novelistic techniques – to illuminate a particularly turbulent period in Cuban history, from the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with the United States and the death of Fidel Castro to the convulsions of the San Isidro Movement. In What the Bread Says: Baking with Love, History, and Papan, Vanessa Garcia relays how,…

Miami-based photographer Anastasia Samoylova has captured Florida on intensive road trips. Walker Evans (1903-75) photographed it over four decades. Twisting the visual cliches, these two remarkably discerning observers convey Florida’s dizzying combination of fantasy and reality. Evans witnessed modern Florida emerging in the 1930s, with its blend of cultures, waves of tourism, stark beauty, and blatant vulgarity. He photographed there until the 1970s, making Polaroids that still feel contemporary. Samoylova inherits what Evans saw coming. With intelligence and humor,…

William Dunlap‘s Brand Disloyalty presents 10 stories related to his previous short story collections in several ways. And, as with his earlier works, fiction often tells a greater truth than fact: “Language,” he asserts, “is something of a birthright for Southerners, and would be a shame to waste it on facts alone.”…

Mary Alice Roth, the central character in Bobby Finger‘s The Old Place, retired from Billington High after nearly four decades just a few months ago, and she’s already bored. Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. But then Mary Alice’s sister arrives with a piece of news that threatens friendships, questions the very fabric of Billington, and might force the unflappable Mary Alice to change after all. In Steven Rowley‘s The Guncle, Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick – aka “Guncle” – loves spending time with his niece and nephew.…

In The Matchmaker’s Gift: A Novel, Lynda Cohen Loigman tells the stories of two women, two generations apart, and the rare gift of matchmaking and seeking soulmates. When Abby, a successful Manhattan divorce attorney, inherits a collection of handwritten journals written by her beloved grandmother, Sara Glikman, she finds more questions than answers in the stories of long-ago matches. What did Sara hope Abby would discover within its pages? Melodie Winawer‘s Anticipation: A Novel is set in the crumbling city of Mystras,…

Megan Giddings‘ The Women Could Fly: A Novel is a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored. Here, Giddings explores the limits women face – and the powers they have to transgress and transcend them. In Sandra Newman‘s The Men: A Novel, everyone with a Y chromosome suddenly disappears from the face of the Earth – doctors mid-surgery,…

The table is now set; come hungry. The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers, written by Andrew Huse, Jeff Houck, and Bárbara C. Cruz, explores the story behind the ubiquitous “sandwich Cubano” with vintage recipes and gossip as it takes readers through a fascinating bite of culinary history. Sponsored by…

With the images in Candids Miami 2, a follow-up of Candids Miami (2019), MANNY HERNANDEZ captures Miami’s celebrity-driven tipping point of the 1990s. As a social photographer, he documented the city’s partying ways and its boldface name-obsessed ethos, but also its rise into cultural significance. Buy Candids Miami 2. – Hernandez    …

Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America is a call for architects to reconceive and reconstruct the built environment, changing the buildings, infrastructure, and urban plans that have embodied and sustained anti-Black racism in the United States. The book, which includes a broad range of essays by curators and prominent scholars from diverse fields – including architect GERMANE BARNES and artist OLALEKAN JEYIFOUS – is a “field guide” to the 2021 exhibition of the same name at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.…

Written by Ian Volner, Kobi Karp: Architecture, Interior Design, Planning Since 1988 is a lusciously illustrated book that examines the visionary and original body of work that renowned architect KOBI KARP has produced. Included are his designs for magnificent mansions and single-family homes, his work at the historic Surf Club and the Cadillac Hotel, and his projects in America’s most expensive ZIP code, Fisher Island.  …

Engaging Place, Engaging Practices: Urban History and Campus-Community Partnerships, co-edited by ROBIN FAITH BACHIN, addresses such topics as historical injustices, affordable housing, and the emergence of digital humanities. In Emerging Global Cities: Origin, Structure, and Significance, co-author ALEJANDRO PORTES looks at “secondary cities” such as Dubai, Singapore, and Miami that have emerged as global forces in their own right. Moderating is CARIE PENABAD, associate professor, University of Miami, and host of the international radio program “On Cities.” Moderating is CARIE PENABAD,…

In Punk Under the Sun: ’80s Punk and New Wave in South Florida, CHRIS POTASH and JOEY SEEMAN chronicle the alternative music, art, and club scenes in South Florida during the 1980s. They document the bands, venues, galleries, and scenesters who started and sustained the groundswell of activity that made Miami a progressive mecca and the international cultural destination it is today. Joining them are music and culture photographer JILL KAHN, and Open Records record label co-founder LESLIE WIMMER.…

John Prine hated giving interviews. Prine on Prine: Interviews and Encounters with John Prine, edited by HOLLY GLEASON – who enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the singer-songwriter – captures him unguarded and unfiltered, on the road, in the kitchen, at the Library of Congress, and on a radio show. Prine hated giving interviews, but said much when he talked. Joining her in conversation is MICHAEL LEONARD, former feature reporter for the Today Show, and music journalist MICHAEL MCCALL.…

In 1964, Beatlemania exploded in the United States as the Fab Four appeared live on The Ed Sullivan Show and toured the country. On that visit, The Beatles spent more time in Florida than anywhere else. In Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida, BOB KEALING explores the band’s influence on the people and culture of the state. Joining him in conversation is radio personality JOE JOHNSON, host of the nationally syndicated “Beatle Brunch” show.…

We may assume all languages categorize ideas and objects similarly, reflecting our shared human experience, but that isn’t the case. In A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think, CALEB EVERETT explains what linguistic diversity tells us about human culture. Moderating is LES LEVI, Executive-In-Residence at the University of Miami, and president/CEO of HC2 Broadcasting. Buy A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think. – Everett Sponsored by…

MICHELE OKA DONER is an artist whose work encompasses sculpture, prints, drawings, furniture, jewelry, public art, functional objects, video, costume and set design, and artists’ books. Her permanent art installations include Radiant Site at New York City’s Herald Square 34th Street subway station and A Walk on the Beach, the mile-and-a-quarter-long bronze terrazzo concourse at Miami International Airport. Her work is also part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago,…

In The Guardians of Art: Conversations with Major Collectors, DANI LEVINAS brings together the most outstanding names in contemporary art collecting, discussing the motivations behind their drive to collect and how they share their passion for art with the broader public. Moderating is author and chair of the O, Miami Poetry festival, TOM HEALY. Buy The Guardians of Art: Conversations with Major Collectors. – Levinas Sponsored by …

Different viewpoints of the Magic City emerge with ANDREW OTAZO’s The Miami Creation Myth – which offers modern legends that explain, celebrate, and lampoon what makes Miami a globally unique metropolis – and Waterproof: Evidence of a Miami Worth Remembering, edited and with an introduction by MARIO ALEJANDRO ARIZA. It’s a collection of micro-elegies to Miami places in which Miamians were asked, “What will you miss when Miami is gone?” Their answers: 197 pieces from 165 writers and artists,…

BILL GRIFFITH‘s graphic novel Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, The Man Who Created Nancy isn’t just about a brilliant comic book artist – it’s also the story of an American art form. Tracing its inception in 1895, he explores the creation of Nancy, strips such as Peanuts and The Far Side, and expands upon his philosophy of creating comics. The Super Hero’s Journey is a synthesis of PATRICK MCDONNELL’s positive inspirational sensibility and Marvel Entertainment’s blockbuster brand,…

ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA: Image Cities is the Miami-based photographer’s latest series of images captured in urban environments across the world. She observes how, in our neoliberal era of networked economic markets and networked imagery, the global centers of money and culture are becoming increasingly aligned and similar. Moderating is curator DEJHA CARRINGTON, co-founder of Commissioner. Buy Anastasia Samoylova: Image Cities. – Samoylova…

With The Precipice, Miami-based biomedical photographer ANTONIO “TONY” CHIRINOS threads the needle between the delicate, often brutal world of surgical intervention. Organized in three sections – surgical photographs of living subjects, exquisitely photographed tools, and the journey to the afterlife – the book is a celebration of life and an unflinching observation of what follows. Buy The Precipice. – Chirinos…

As a child, BARBARA DRAKE-VERA loved writing almost as much as she adored her father. But her successes sparked his rage, so for years, she silenced her voice. She was 49, a journalist and married, when her father was diagnosed with advancing Alzheimer’s. Taking him into her home, she began a process of self-discovery that uncovered a path toward personal and family healing. Melted Away: A Memoir of Climate Change and Caregiving in Peru is the story of how a writer at midlife reclaimed her agency,…

In the alt-culture scene of 1980s Miami, artists, music makers, and scenesters mixed in the few party and cultural spaces the city offered, creating multidisciplinary events we thought of as “just parties and shows.” During that decade, more and more creatives settled in Miami, joining the natives who’d kickstarted it all in the grittier parts of South Beach, the Design District, and other neighborhoods west. By the time Hurricane Andrew hit in ’92, Miami was already entering its 2.0 cultural phase and heading toward what it is today,…

In Phenomena Book Two: Matilde’s Quest: A Graphic Novel, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS tells the story of a young boy, a mysterious girl, and a warrior. As they join forces to piece together the reason the girl was cast from her home, they start to become legend and folklore – and their mythology brings new threats. At first glance, Diamond Mine emerged in 1979 as Arkansas’s first punk band. But according to NATE POWELL’s Fall Through: A Graphic Novel,…

Highlighting significant publications related to Cuban and Cuban diaspora art, GEAN MORENO, director of the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center; ELIZABETH THOMPSON GOIZUETA, curator at the McMullen Museum of Art; and artist and author CÉSAR E. TRASOBARES will discuss The Lost Generation: Women Ceramicists and the Cuban Avant-Garde, Carlos Alfonzo: Late Paintings, and Juan Francisco Elso: Essays on América. Each title shifts perspectives and offers new approaches to understanding modern and contemporary art,…

A wildlife conservation legend affectionately hailed as the “Snakeman of India,” ROMULUS WHITAKER has had a lifelong love affair with the “fierce creatures” that share our planet. Snakes, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll: My Early Years is the first volume of his memoir and brings to life the India of the 1950s and the U.S. of the ’60s, co-written with his wife, columnist and author JANAKI LENIN. Joining them are conservationist NAIA HANNAH HAAST and biologist JOE WASILEWSKI of the nonprofit King Cobra Conservancy;…

MADELEINE BLAIS’ Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble is the colorful story of the legendary tennis star and international celebrity who in 1939 won unprecedented multiple tennis titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Blais presents Marble as one of our greatest female athletes – and a multihyphenate who left behind an inspiring legacy. In The Brazil Chronicles, STEPHEN G. BLOOM shares the wild story of a crazy expat English-language newspaper in Rio de Janeiro,…

Relics of the Heart: Stories of My Family is an exciting journey through the memories and experiences of OSCAR FUENTES’ family. Fuentes, “The Biscayne Poet,” weaves real, emotional remembrances, from simple to significant – sharing a meal, celebrating a birth, enjoying a vacation, facing the complexities of Alzheimer’s disease – that capture the essence of family life and the importance of the emotional ties that unite us. Joining him is blues musician and storyteller UNCLE SCOTCHY,…

Published by DAVID CASTILLO, Belkis Ayón is a bilingual monograph focusing on the voice and work of the late printmaker that includes historical interviews with filmmaker Ines Anselmi and the late journalist Jaime Sarusky, providing insights into Ayón’s methods, style, and exploration of Abakuá fraternal society in Cuba. Ayón’s words reveal the significance of the society’s origin story, iconography, and practices in shaping her own visual language. Alongside these interviews, the book features full-page plates showcasing notable works created by the artist between 1989 and 1999.…

CESAR BECERRA’s The Kaimiloa Project is the story of Medford “Med” Ross Kellum, who in 1924 was already an old man by the standards of the day. But ever since he first stood on the Key West piers as a child, he’d dreamed of following the great schooners to see unknown islands and cross vast seas. And he set off to do just that. Jewish Miami Beach, written by PAUL S. GEORGE, PH.D., and HENRY GREEN,…

In Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People, EVAN P. BENNETT explores the environmental history of Florida’s largest open-water estuary – the focus of modern environmental struggles and action. In Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics and Restoration, CHRIS MEINDL offers a clear and comprehensive overview of the geography, history, science, and politics of the 1,000-plus freshwater springs in the state, and the issues they’re currently facing. And in IAN WILSON-NAVARRO’s Dry Tortugas: Stronghold of Nature,…

DAVID F. WALKER’s Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined, illustrated by MARCUS KWAME ANDERSON, is a graphic novel that proposes a radical retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This modern update follows Jim, an enslaved Black man searching for his kidnapped family alongside his sidekick, Huckleberry Finn, while highlighting a bond that transcends the gruesome racism of the Civil War era. In Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation,…

Through gorgeous images and powerful interviews with 65 artists of Caribbean heritage, MALENE BARNETT’s Crafted Kinship: Inside the Creative Practices of Contemporary Black Caribbean Makers takes readers on an important journey through the world of Black Caribbean art. This is the first book where Caribbean makers are sharing the intimate stories of their artmaking process, and how their countries of origin influence and inform how and what they create. Joining Barnett are artists JUANA VALDÉS and CORNELIUS TULLOCH,…