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In Conversation: On Our Last Blue Moon: A Memoir

by O’Shee, Kris, Menéndez, Ana, Pinsky, Robert, Word Gutting, Elizabeth, Miller, William

In Our Last Blue Moon: A Memoir, her first book, psychotherapist and former dancer and choreographer Kris O’Shee tells the story of the loss

November 15, 2021

Merissa Nathan Gerson: On Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman’s Guide to Grieving

by Gerson, Merissa Nathan

Merissa Nathan Gerson’s Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman’s Guide to Grieving is a relatable account of one woman’s reckoning with loss, and

November 15, 2021

In Conversation: On The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker

by Cobb, Jelani, Remnick, David

The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker is a collection of the venerated magazine’s writing on race in America. Spanning a

November 15, 2021

In Conversation: On Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World

by Tygielski, Shelly, Huffington, Arianna

Mindfulness doesn’t have to be an individualistic solution to our challenges. In Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World,

November 15, 2021

In Conversation: On Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir & An American Marriage: A Novel.

by Ford, Ashley C., Jones, Tayari

Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir is Ashley C. Ford‘s powerful debut work, a story of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana battling her

November 15, 2021

In Conversation: On Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood

by Turner, Dawn, Martin, Michel

Dawn Turner’s memoir Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood is about three Black women – Turner, her

November 15, 2021

In Conversation: On A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

by Abdurraqib , Hanif, Pitts Jr., Leonard

In A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib examines how Black performance, from

November 15, 2021

John Lithgow: On A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse

by Lithgow , John

In A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse, actor, author, and illustrator John Lithgow, with cutting humor, offers a rogues’ gallery

November 15, 2021

An Evening With Jean Becker & Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: On The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H.W. Bush’s Post-Presidency

by Becker, Jean, Bush, John Ellis “Jeb”

This event is being livestreamed from MDC’s Wolfson Campus. For tickets to this in-person event, please visit: MiamiBookFair.com. Jean Becker’s The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George

November 15, 2021

An Evening With Sarah Schulman & Jackson Howard: On Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

by Schulman, Sarah, Howard, Jackson

This event is being livestreamed from MDC’s Wolfson Campus. For tickets to this in-person event, please visit: MiamiBookFair.com. Based on more than 200 interviews with Act Up members, author

November 16, 2021

In Conversation: On The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth

by Henning , Kristin, Harris, David A.

Drawing upon 25 years of experience representing Black youth in the juvenile courts of Washington, D.C., Georgetown professor Kristin Henning analyzes the foundations of

November 16, 2021

In Conversation: On The State You’re in: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife & The Thing About Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State

by Craig Pittman, Gillespie, Tyler

Investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author Craig Pittman has covered Florida for 30 years. In The State You’re in: Florida Men, Florida