In Count the Ways: A Novel, bestselling author Joyce Maynard follows the arc of the lives of Eleanor and Cam. From their meeting at a crafts fair in Vermont in the early 1970s, to having three children and a family life of softball games in the summer, snow days by the fire, and small traditions […]
Para celebrar el centenario del escritor portugués José Saramago, la Feria del Libro de Miami organiza un homenaje al Premio Nobel de Literatura 1988 y autor de obras tan importantes como Memorial del convento, Todos los nombres y El hombre duplicado, al que han sido invitadas Pilar del Río, esposa y traductora de buena parte […]
Guillermo “Willie” Schavelzon, uno de los agentes literarios más importantes del mundo, quien fundó en 1998 la agencia literaria Schavelzon Graham con sede en Barcelona, y que representa a casi cien autores, presenta El enigma del oficio, libro en el que hace un recorrido por su larga carrera. Conversa con él la escritora, periodista y […]
The Last Human collects four extraordinary poetry books – Sea Change, Place, Fast, and Runaway – by Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie Graham, presenting a body of work that stands as a “lyric record” of the calamitous decades that began the 21st century. To read these four books in a single volume is to experience vastly complex […]
Phil Klay’s Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War notes that relatively few Americans have had to do any real grappling with the endless, invisible conflicts of the post-9/11 world; in fact, increasingly few people are even aware they are still going on. But while American military actions abroad may be out […]
Set in Vienna from 1910 to 1946, Beatrice Hitchman’s All Of You Every Single One: A Novel explores – through the lives of its queer characters in one of the greatest cities of the age – what it’s like living through oppression, how personal decisions become political, and how far one will go to protect […]
Coconut trees. Carnival. Rum and Coke. To outsiders, these idyllic images represent the so-called easy life in Caribbean nations such as Trinidad and Tobago. For those who live there the reality is very different, and in Pleasantview: A Novel in Stories, Trinidadian lawyer-turned-writer Celeste Mohammed reveals a society where poverty and patriarchy savagely rule – […]
In Disability Pride, Dispatches From a Post-ADA World, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin explores how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Written without anger or pity, it’s a revealing account of an often misunderstood movement and identity, and an inclusive reexamination of society’s treatment of those it deems […]
From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by “el viejo de la bolsa” while […]
From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes 10 new stories that are sure to leave you shivering. A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player’s skin starts to almost drip off his hands – but no one else can see it. […]
Fernando Butazzoni, narrador, ensayista, periodista, guionista cinematográfico y dramaturgo uruguayo, presenta Las cenizas del Cóndor, novela inspirada en acontecimientos reales ocurridos en Uruguay, Chile y Argentina durante las dictaduras militares. Conversa con el autor Julián Ubiría, director editorial de Penguin Random House Uruguay.
The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and promote excellence in contemporary poetry by ensuring the publication of five books of poetry annually through participating publishers. In addition, the National Poetry Series has partnered with Miami Book Fair to award the Paz Prize in Poetry, which ensures bilingual publication for a book […]