Alicia Zuckerman first started doing research for The Sally J. Freedman Reality Tour when she was about 9 years old, making this her longest-running project. Judy Blume's 1977 young adult book, Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself, was Zuckerman’s introduction to Miami Beach, and one of her very favorite Blume books. When she found herself […]
Brimming with glossy color photographs, Embellished celebrates the vision and artistry of Indian American fashion designer Naeem Khan – who has dressed Jennifer Lopez, Kate Hudson, and Michelle Obama – and his impossibly chic world, the history of which is told through sought-after red-carpet dresses, elegant bridal gowns, and beautifully beaded and embroidered statement pieces […]
Through a series of short memoirs, Laura Valeri’s After Life as a Human visits Dog Island, a remote, amenity-deprived, hurricane-prone islet where pelicans rule, residents are resourceful, and human ambition is suspect. With uncanny observation and lyrical reflection, these essays explore the persistence, fragility, and connectedness of life on the island and off. Valeri masterfully […]
Grades 9 – 12 In Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova, Rose Mortiz has brand new powers that she doesn’t understand, and her family is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac father’s return home. Then, on the night of her Death Day party, Rose discovers her father’s memory […]
Grades 5 – 9 Introduced by Cierra Bragan, Miami Mom Collective. Memory Superpowers!: An Adventurous Guide to Remembering What You Don’t Want to Forget is a fun and highly practical guide to helping kids achieve remarkable memorization skills. The Memory Thief wants to steal your memories! Luckily, Nelson, the Memory Champ, is on hand to […]
In Ariel Francisco’s Miami, invasive lionfish are sympathetic creatures, the beach succumbs to sea-level rise, and “305 till I die” is a cry for help. The speakers in these hilarious and melancholy poems depict a rich and varied emotional landscape that mirrors that of the state they long to leave, dead or alive. They imagine […]
Guillotine: Poems traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal’s lingering scars, the border itself – great distances in which violence and yearning find roots. Through the voices of undocumented immigrants, border patrol agents, and scorned lovers, award-winning poet Eduardo C. Corral writes dramatic portraits of contradiction, survival, and a deeply […]
Event starts Monday, November 16 at 6 p.m. The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980 is Nicolas Griffin’s story of the rise and fall of one of America's most popular destination cities, that was not so long ago rife with police brutality, an out-of-control drug epidemic, and a bulging refugee […]
Alejandro Ríos, Mirta Ojito, Rosie Inguanzo, Alfredo Triff y Lissette Méndez comparten sus experiencias. Al cumplirse cuatro décadas del éxodo del puerto Mariel (Cuba) hacia Miami, la Feria del Libro convoca a autores, periodistas, ensayistas y personalidades de la cultura cubana del exilio a reflexionar acerca del impacto social y literario que tuvo para la […]
Live Q&A: Monday, November 16 @ 11 a.m. EST Grades 5 – 9 Moderated by Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald sportswriter. From rising young star to co-captain of the 2015 Women’s World Cup Champion team, Abby Wambach’s impressive career has shown her what it truly means to be a champion. Whether you’re leading from the bench […]
In David Hopen’s The Orchard, Orthodox Jewish high school student Aryeh moves with his family from Brooklyn’s Borough Park to the Miami suburbs and is plunged into a secularized world where everything he believes he knows of himself is threatened. Irresistibly drawn to his new friends, the lives they lead, and the way they think, […]
Yanela McLeod's The Miami Times and the Fight for Equality: Race, Sport, and the Black Press, 1948-1958 highlights the 1949 lawsuit challenging segregation on the city's public golf course brought by The Miami Times, the number one Black-owned newspaper in the country. It is but one example of the paper's commitment to desegregation, and part of the historical […]