Past Events
November 2019
Patrick Deneen on Why Liberalism Failed
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.…
Kadir Nelson on The Undefeated
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 …
American Histories
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.…
Readings From Three Novels
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Leonard Pitts Jr.’s novel The Last Thing You Surrender tells a tale of race and war, as it follows three characters from the Jim Crow South facing the enormous changes World War II triggers in the United States. In William Kent Krueger’s This Tender Land, over the course of one unforgettable summer in 1932, four orphans will journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. …
How We Got Here: Darryl Pinckney on Busted in New York
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.…
Two Memoirs: A Reading
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.…
Una tarde con el Dr. Leonel Fernández
Presidente de la República Dominicana en tres períodos constitucionales no consecutivos (1996-2000, 2004-2008 y 2008-2012), el Dr. Leonel Fernández llega a la Feria para presentar Ideas en conflicto: diálogo póstumo entre Juan Bosch y John Bartlow Martin, publicado por Funglode, en el que el autor imagina, a partir de libros y documentos, el posible diálogo póstumo del expresidente dominicano Juan Bosch y el exembajador de Estados Unidos durante los años del ascenso al poder del primero y la revuelta popular de 1965.…
Chef Aarón Sánchez: Life lessons
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.…
In Their Own Words: A Reading
Amanda Yates Garcia’s Initiated, is both a memoir and a manifesto on witchcraft, peppered with mythology, tales of the goddesses and magical women throughout history, it stands squarely at the intersection of witchcraft and feminism. In her memoir Ordinary Girls, Jaquira Diaz writes of growing up caught between extremes in housing projects in Miami Beach and Puerto Rico. Spanning from 1960s Hawai’i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father,…
Mary Norris, Comma Queen
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.…
Bobby Hundreds on A Life in Streetwear
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.…
Readings From Nonfiction
In Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, Hanif Abdurraqib traces the seminal rap group’s creative career. In his smart and funny memoir, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker, Damon Young explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be Black and male in America. …
Storm Warning: Memoir
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.…
On Mindfulness
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…
November 2021
Poesía en español sin fronteras
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,…
Una tarde con Pilar Quintana
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 Conversation: On The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans & Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder
Environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett‘s The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans is a compelling history of seashells and the animals that make them, revealing a larger story about nature, our changing oceans, and ourselves. Sandy Sheehy’s Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder brings alive the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. The second-largest coral structure on the planet, it stretches 625 miles through the Caribbean Sea along the coasts of Mexico,…
In Conversation: On Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
In Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy, Pulitzer Prize winner David Zucchino explores a brutal insurrection – falsely depicted as a “race riot” – that was a violent overthrow of an elected government in the U.S., launched by white supremacists. Moderated by author and journalist Gilbert King. 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.…
In Conversation: On Unfollow Me: Essays On Complicity
Jill Louise Busby’s memoir-in-essays Unfollow Me: Essays On Complicity examines her path from working in the nonprofit sector specializing in diversity and inclusion to her waking up to what she saw as passing for progressive. Unfollow Me is an intimate, impertinent, and incisive collection about race, fame, progress, and hypocrisy. Moderated by Tawnicia Ferguson Rowan, assistant professor of English at Florida Memorial University and the founder of Well-Written Words, LLC. To livestream this event visit MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…
In Conversation: On As A Woman: What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy & Girlhood
As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Atria Books) is a memoir of transgender pastor Paula Stone Williams’ transition and the lessons she learned while trying to reconcile her faith, her identity, and her desire to be a leader. Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, author Melissa Febos‘ Girlhood examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them.…
In Conversation: On Home in Florida: LatinX Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness
In Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness, editor Anjanette Delgado offers a selection of the best literature of displacement and uprootedness – from nonfiction to poetry – by some of the most talented contemporary Latinx writers who have called Florida home. Joining Delgado are contributors Richard Blanco, Ariel Francisco, Ana Menéndez, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Achy Obejas,…
In Conversation: Two Thrill Writers Traverse the Genre
In James Grippando’s Twenty: A Jack Swyteck Novel, attorney Jack must defend the son of a family friend who’s just confessed to a mass school shooting. Now he must unearth the Khoury family’s secrets to expose a shocking truth and save his client. Written by Charles Lichtman, an expert in Middle East affairs and terrorism-related issues, The Sword of David: A Novel is an action-packed thriller that tells the story of an Israeli commando traveling across the globe,…
In Conversation: On The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Drawing on interviews with President Jimmy Carter and members of his administration as well as recently declassified documents, historian and journalist Kai Bird offers a substantial reevaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Carter’s legacy in The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter. Moderated by journalist and author Peter Baker. 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.…
In Conversation: On A Matter of Trust: India-US Relations from Truman to Trump
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.…
In Conversation: On Battle for the Big Top & The Year of Dangerous Days
In Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus, Les Standiford brings to life a remarkable era when James Bailey, P.T. Barnum, and John Ringling vied for control of the profitable and influential American circus. In The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980, Nicholas Griffin tells the story of the rise and fall of one of America’s most popular destination cities – rife with police brutality,…
In Conversation: On Mango and Peppercorns : A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream, written by Katherine Manning, Tung Nguyen, and Lyn Nguyen – the chefs and principals behind the storied Hy Vong Vietnamese restaurant in Miami – is a powerful memoir of resilience, friendship, family, and food. Through powerful narrative, archival imagery, and 20 Vietnamese recipes that mirror their story, Mango & Peppercorns is an original contribution to culinary literature. To livestream this event visit MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…
November 2022
Poesía y música en diálogo
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.…
Wendy Guerra: literatura en clave femenina y autoficción
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 …
National Book Foundation Presents: Teen Press Conference
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,…
Cultura abierta vs. cancelación. Panel de la Cátedra Vargas Llosa.
¿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,…
Erich Schwartzel on Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy: Fiction
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.…
Keith Corbin, Will Jawando & D. Watkins: A Conversation
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,…
Ann Hood & Jessi Hempel: A Conversation
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.…
Rabia Chaudry & Rafael Agustin: A Conversation
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,…
Jonathan Escoffery & A.M. Homes With Yvonne Conza: A Conversation
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,…
Sy Montgomery, Jack E. Davis & Tony Hiss: A Conversation
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.…
Jeff Deutsch, Tananarive Due, Hernan Diaz & Robert Martin With Pamela Paul: A Conversation
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;…
Susan Rogers With Nelson George: A Conversation
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 & Michael Imperioli: A Conversation
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 & Jacinda Townsend: A Conversation
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.…
Reza Aslan on An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville: Nonfiction
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.…
November 2023
“AN EVENING IN PORTUGAL” HONORING NOBEL WINNER JOSÉ SARAMAGO
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.…
CITA CON ANDRÉS OPPENHEIMER
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.…
UN BRINDIS PARA PRESENTAR LUGAR COMÚN-ALLITERATION
Una conversación entre la poeta BETTSIMAR DÍAZ, el escritor y poeta LEONARDO PADRÓN, el escritor CAMILO PINO y el editor GARCILASO PUMAR presentando la nueva propuesta cultural de Miami Beach.…
NI LOCAS NI SOLAS: NARRATIVA ESCRITA POR MUJERES DESDE EE.UU.
Escritoras de Miami presentan esta antología que reúne el trabajo de 35 autoras que viven en distintos puntos de Estados Unidos. Un volumen que refleja la solidez de la literatura en castellano escrita por mujeres. Editado por NAIDA SAAVEDRA, MAYA PIÑA y MARÍA MÍNGUEZ ARIAS. Con ANJANETTE DELGADO, ANA SCHEIN, ENA COLUMBIÉ, LEGNA RODRÍGUEZ IGLESIAS y ROSSANA SISSO. Compra #NiLocasNiSolas: Narrativa escrita por mujeres en Estados Unidos. – Arias Compra #NiLocasNiSolas: Narrativa escrita por mujeres en Estados Unidos.…
MIAMI BOOK FAIR & THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION PRESENT THE TEEN PRESS CONFERENCE 2023
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;…
ENCUENTRO CON JAIME BAYLY
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…
EXAMINING A FRACTURED AMERICA
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,…
MIKHAIL ZYGAR ON WAR AND PUNISHMENT: PUTIN, ZELENSKY, THE PATH TO RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE
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…
USING LOSS, LOVE & TRAUMA TO CRAFT PROPULSIVE READS
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,…
HAPPILY NEVER AFTER: THE FEMININE URGE TO STAGE A RECKONING
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.…
DAUGHTERS OF LATIN AMERICA: A CONVERSATION
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.…
COMIC RELIEF & POP CULTURE ZEITGEIST
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,…
CELESTIAL BODIES: A CONVERSATION
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.…
AIDA RODRIGUEZ ON LEGITIMATE KID: A MEMOIR
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.…
JEFFREY TOOBIN WITH MICHAEL GRUNWALD ON TIMOTHY MCVEIGH & EXTREMISM
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.…
PEN AMERICA PRESENTS: THE FREEDOM TO READ & WRITE
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.…
DYNASTIC INFLUENCES
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.…
TECH TALK: RETHINKING AUTOMATION & OPTIMIZATION
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.…
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES
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,…
WHEN THE MUPPETS TOOK MOSCOW
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…
November 2024
UNA TARDE CON MAYRA SANTOS FEBRES
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…
PAVEL GIROUD PRESENTA HABANA NOSTRA
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.…
MESSI, 10 MIRADAS SOBRE EL 10
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,…
AN EVENING IN PORTUGAL – 50 YEARS OF THE CARNATION REVOLUTION THROUGH PORTUGUESE LITERATURE
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,…
MIAMI BOOK FAIR & THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION PRESENT THE 2024 TEENS READ: NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
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.…
NOCHE DE POESÍA: HOMENAJE A RUBÍ ARANA
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,…
MOON UNIT ZAPPA ON EARTH TO MOON: A MEMOIR
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…
LATINOS IN AMERICA: A CURRENT PORTRAIT – NONFICTION
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,…
SUSAN SEIDELMAN ON DESPERATELY SEEKING SOMETHING – MEMOIR
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,…
JIM O’HEIR: BEHIND THE SCENES AT PARKS AND RECREATION – MEMOIR
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…
AN AMERICAN HERO & THE MARCH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS – NONFICTION
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 BEING JEWISH NOW – PANEL
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.…
POTENTIAL & LIMITS OF AI – NONFICTION
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,…
EMPOWERING WOMEN – NONFICTION
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,…
SCIENCE, FAITH, TRUST & OUR POST-PANDEMIC WORLD – NONFICTION
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.…
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER – NONFICTION
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,…
LIVES MARKED BY PROFOUND UNCERTAINTY – MEMOIR
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,…
GOOD HUMOR: THREE LIVES – NONFICTION
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.…
SPOTLIGHT ON HARRIET TUBMAN – NONFICTION
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.…
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ON THE MYSTIC JESUS – NONFICTION
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,…
FIESTA DE POETAS: A CELEBRATION OF LATINO POETRY
Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology edited by poet and critic RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ gathers more than 180 poets in Spanish and English spanning from the 17th century to the present. These poems bear witness to the beauty and power of this vibrant and expanding tradition: its profound engagement with pasts both mythical and historical, its reckoning with the complexities of language, land, and identity, and its vision of a nation enriched by the stories of immigrants, exiles, refugees,…
November 2025
An Evening With Lihi Lapid on I Wanted to Be Wonderful: A Novel
Lihi Lapid’s latest novel follows the lives of two women in their first years of marriage and motherhood. One is a fictional character trying to live the happily-ever-after many imagine for themselves; the other is inspired by the author herself, relating the most intimate moments of her life. Both start their marriages full of idyllic happiness, but as the stressors of everyday existence seep into their daily lives, that spark of young love begins to dim. I Wanted to Be Wonderful is a tale of metamorphosis – from independent working woman to mother – shattered dreams,…
MIAMI EN TINIEBLAS: UNA NOCHE SOBRE LITERATURA NOIR – FICCIÓN
Una charla sobre los principales hitos y estereotipos que han definido al género negro y policial. Pondremos el foco en las diferencias entre su evolución en Iberoamérica y la tradición anglosajona. Un recorrido que invita a descubrir cómo, detrás de cada crimen ficticio, se refleja la historia y la identidad de cada lugar. Con Alicia Escardó, Alicia Mercado Harvey, Pablo Brescia y Gastón Virkel. EN COLABORACIÓN CON Compra A pesar del naufragio – Escardo Compra La muerte no tiene traducción – Mercado Harvey Compra La derrota de lo real – Brescia Compra Hemos vencido el asco –…
JAVIER MARÍN Y LA TELEVISIÓN LATINA EN ESTADOS UNIDOS – NO FICCIÓN
Javier Marín presenta En vivo desde América. Cómo la TV latina conquistó Estados Unidos, una obra que relata cómo una familia mexicana y un operador estadounidense fundaron Univisión, empresa que logró definir la identidad hispana en EE.UU. y revolucionó los medios, con historias de ambición y sueño por dar voz a una comunidad en crecimiento. En conversación con el periodista Ricardo Brown. Compra En vivo desde América. Cómo la TV latina conquistó Estados Unidos – Marín…
TEENS READ THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS – ALL GENRES
The 2025 National Book Award-honored authors in young people’s literature – including María Dolores Águila, K. Ancrum, Daniel Nayeri, Hannah V. Sawyerr, Maria van Lieshout, and Ibi Zoboi – visit Miami Book Fair to share from and about their books, and answer questions from Miami-Dade County students. Hosted by Ebony LaDelle, author of You’ve Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs and This Could Be Forever. For more information and to RSVP,…
SALVAR LA FRONTERA: UNA ANTOLOGÍA DE AUTORES VENEZOLANOS MIGRANTES – FICCIÓN
En una noche dedicada a la literatura venezolana, presentamos Salvar la frontera: Muestra de cuentos de autores venezolanos migrantes, una compilación editada por Equidistancias que incluye treinta relatos caracterizados por la multiplicidad temática y estilística de sus textos, así como la diversidad generacional, residencia y trayectoria vital de sus autores. Presentado por Naida Saavedra, Keila Vall de la Ville, Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez y Juan Carlos Chirinos, en conversación con el periodista César Miguel Rondón. …
PEERING THROUGH THE WINDOWS AT BARNEYS – MEMOIR
Head down to the Fair by 9 a.m. to get free entry, a free cup of Joe and the best seats possible to see Gene, Matthew, and Simon! In They All Came to Barneys: A Personal History of the World’s Greatest Store – co-written with New York Magazine’s Matthew Schneier – Gene Pressman tells the inside story of Barneys New York, from its beginnings as a discount shop to the rise – and eventual fall – of the global fashion empire.…
DEMONS, CHAOS & REBELLIONS: NEW ROMANTASY
In Jaysea Lynn’s For Whom the Belle Tolls, Lily enters the Afterlife on her own terms and finds it more magical than she imagined. From coffee shops for deities to demons in Hell, she carves out a sassy new role sending souls to their circles. But when a bond with Bel, a demon general, sparks into something more, they must fight like hell to save their world. In Melissa K. Roehrich’s Dawn of Chaos and Fury – the fourth book in The Legacy series – Tessalyn,…
THREE MASTERS OF HORROR – FICTION
In Quan Barry’s The Unveiling, Black film scout Striker photographs locations for a big-budget film, only to become stranded with wealthy tourists after a kayaking disaster. Amid desolate Antarctic islands, geothermal vents, and vicious wildlife, survival forces the revelation of the group’s secrets, prejudices, and inner demons, including truths from Striker’s past that could irrevocably shatter her world. Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter follows a vampire haunting the Blackfeet reservation in search of justice.…
AMERICAN HISTORY UNCLOAKED – NONFICTION
In The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II, David Nasaw writes about its veterans and their loved ones as they confronted the aftershocks of the war. Suffering from recurring nightmares, uncontrollable rages, and social isolation, soldiers were treated by doctors who had little understanding of PTSD. Divorce rates doubled. Alcoholism was rampant. Racial tensions heightened. It’s a hidden chapter of American history. In The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century, Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner tells the high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of this century.…
WOMEN IN COMICS – NONFICTION
In Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics, Margaret Stohl celebrates unsung yet critical contributors to comic lore’s “House of Ideas” from 1939 through today. Packed with biographies and illustrations from creators, interviews, graphical reprints, and excerpts of historic Marvel comics, it’s an essential read on the women who helped make Marvel one of the most successful comics and entertainment companies in the world. Joining her for this panel are Charlie Jane Anders,…
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICKS – FICTION
In Emma Knight’s The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, Pen arrives at the University of Edinburgh and is drawn into the orbit of a famous writer tied to her parents’ past. As she uncovers their secret and falls in love for the first time, she faces the shocks of adulthood in this portrait of campus life, sexual awakening, and the many ways women become mothers. In Jessica Soffer‘s This Is a Love Story: A Novel,…
RAZOR-SHARP THRILLERS – FICTION
In Dan Fesperman’s Pariah: A Novel, Hal, a disgraced comedian-turned-politician, is recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Bolrovia, a corrupt Eastern European country. Posing as a guest of its brutal dictator, he faces his ultimate acting challenge – and what begins as espionage soon becomes a high-stakes battle of wits, with life-or-death consequences and a chance for redemption. David McCloskey’s The Persian: A Novel takes readers into the shadow war between Iran and Israel. Kamran Esfahani,…
ON THE ECOLOGICAL BRINK: REMODELING FOOD & LAND SCARCITY – NONFICTION
In We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate, bestselling author Michael Grunwald argues that the greatest challenge facing our species is slowing our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we’ll keep hurtling toward climate chaos if we don’t solve our food and land problems – now. In Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie, Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty spotlight an ecological marvel under siege.…
DARK, SINISTER & MACABRE – FICTION
Ron Currie’s The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne follows the title character, a grandmother and crime boss in Maine whose empire begins to unravel when her daughter, Sis, goes missing and a sinister outsider arrives. When Sis is found dead, the whole town seeks shelter from Babs’ wrath as the story explores love, retribution, and the ancestral roots that both nurture and confine us. Brendan Slocumb’s The Dark Maestro: A Novel follows Curtis Wilson,…
HOW TECH BILLIONNAIRES ARE SHAPING OUR FUTURE – NONFICTION
Faiz Siddiqui’s Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk offers a portrait of a man once frequently heralded as a modern-day Edison who took a new place in the public consciousness with his desire to disrupt not just the automotive and space industries but the policies that shape our nation. Hubris Maximus is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of lionizing magnetic leaders. Buy Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk – Siddiqui…
IMMIGRATION & AMERICA: A CONVERSATION – NONFICTION
In Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America, Meenakshi Ahamed shares fascinating portraits of the Indian Americans at the forefront of the wave of Indian success stories. Based on a series of interviews and featuring portraits of well-known figures and fresh, surprising stories, Indian Genius reveals the private strengths behind these individual’s public achievements. Joining Ahamed in conversation are author-panelists George Packer and Todd S. Purdum. Buy Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America – Ahamed Buy The Emergency: A Novel – Packer Buy Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television – Purdum…
ALONE IN ANNE FRANK’S HOUSE – NONFICTION
In 2021, French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight – alone for 10 hours – in the Annex in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis. In When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing, she reflects on what we tell ourselves about tragedy, grappling with loss, and why, facing danger and confinement, women write. Moderating is Michael Glickman, CEO and founder of jMUSE, Jewish Museums Project,…
FATHERS & SONS: STORIES OF RESILIENCE, SURVIVAL & LOVE – NONFICTION
In Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning in America, Aymann Ismail shares his journey as the son of Egyptian immigrants, coming of age as a Muslim in the shadow of 9/11. As he builds a career in political journalism and starts his own family, Ismail reckons with religion, masculinity, and inheritance, asking what it means to be a Muslim man – and a father – in America. Julian Brave NoiseCat’s We Survived the Night interweaves oral history,…