Sue Miller’s Monogamy tells the story of Graham, a gregarious bookseller, and Annie, a shy photographer, who have been married nearly 30 years. When Graham suddenly dies, Annie wonders what, exactly, is the point of going on without him. But when she discovers a ruinous secret he kept, she’s forced her to question whether she […]
Moderated by Julio Capó Jr., FIU associate professor of history and deputy director of The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab. Presented in English. In the Caribbean, LGBTQ individuals live in fear of being ostracized at a minimum and physically assaulted – or even murdered – at worst. This panel celebrates the contributions of LGBTQ writers with […]
Moderated by Geoffrey Philp, author of Hurricane Center, and MJ Fievre, ReadCaribbean coordinator. Presented in English. Please note that there is a short interlude between Part I and Part II. Please stay connected. Part II will start playing shortly after Part I. Through poetry, fiction, and reportage, Caribbean writers share with the world the fury of […]
Ticket purchase required for admittance to this program; click here to purchase. In the hilarious memoir A Very Punchable Face, “Weekend Update” co-anchor and head writer at Saturday Night Live Colin Jost shares how he has found success as a slightly smarter Forrest Gump – albeit it one with a face you can’t help but […]
Environmental activist and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich’s Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It is a clear, concise, and informative tool meant to empower private citizens to become their own effective advocates in ensuring the water they drink is clean. A seemingly simple expectation but one […]
In her autobiography My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race, Afro-Colombian Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón speaks out on learning about, and confronting, racism, back home and in her new country. Her experiences are reflected in Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America, the equally pognant […]
A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land is conservative humorist P.J. O’Rourke’s look at the current state of these angry and perplexed United States. But fear not, dear readers – he says that’s what America has always been about. With wry essays on everything from our fraught history to the political […]
Adequate Yearly Progress, author and veteran educator Roxanna Elden’s first novel, draws us into life at Brae Hill Valley, a struggling high school in one the biggest cities in Texas. Hailed by the Washington Post as “a funny but insightful look at teachers in the workplace,” Adequate Yearly Progress is an exuberantly comic takedown of […]
When Özlem Cekic became the first Muslim MP in the Danish Parliament, her email inbox was hit with a deluge of hate mail and threats, and her gut reaction was to delete every abusive message. But eventually, she decided to take a risk. She started replying and inviting the senders to meet and engage in […]
Sarah Frey's The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life – and Saved an American Farm is a delightful and inspiring memoir that charts her path from scrappy rural childhood to creating one of America’s largest fresh produce growers and shippers, and serving as its CEO. Frey is an American farmer and entrepreneur. She […]
From Sharon Salzberg, one of most prominent figures in the field of meditation, comes Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, a guidebook for how to use mindfulness to build inner strength, find balance, and help create a better world. Consulting with veteran activists and social-change agents in a variety of fields, Salzberg […]
As a girl, Melissa McGhie Proctor dreamed of becoming the first female coach in the NBA. From Ball Girl to CMO takes you on her journey through the trials and triumphs of being named the first ball girl for the Miami Heat to her present-day role as the VP and chief marketing officer of the […]