Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: American farms have always been a backbone of this country. Sarah Frey, author of The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life – and Saved an American Farm, shares her thoughts on what can be done to support rural communities and the critical impact of American farms – bowed but […]
Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: Now more than ever, Americans are gazing across a vast political divide. But what about those in the middle? Political pundit P.J. O’Rourke, author of A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land, dissects that viewpoint with Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill. This program is part of The Future of Democracy […]
Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: Join Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill as he sits down with Doris Weatherford to discuss Victory for the Vote: The Fight for Women's Suffrage and the Century that Followed. Coming on the heels of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, it’s an extremely timely topic – and one with present-day insights. This program is […]
Writer and musician Mikel Jollett's memoir, Hollywood Park, sings the song of a remarkable arc of a life that started with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse, and yet, improbably, led to Stanford University and the former on-air columnist for NPR’s “All Things Considered” finding his voice. Joining him is Hamilton Cain, author of the memoir This Boy's […]
Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, weaves biography, memoir, and social and political analysis as he explores James Baldwin's crucible, a place of hope and guidance in this Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Speaking with him is historian and […]
Described by the New York Times as “a remarkably revealing glimpse into the world of a muzzled yet irrepressibly ebullient neighbor,” Anthony DePalma’s The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times is carefully researched volume that delivers a moving portrait of the resiliency and courage of people in Cuba navigating a post-Castro reality. Joining him is his wife, Miriam Rodriguez […]
In The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, Charles Flink argues that open green spaces are increasingly critical. They serve as essential infrastructure with many benefits, including boosting the economies of cities and towns. He has plenty to chat about with Meg Daly, founder and president of Friends of The Underline, […]
Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Ismery Pavon, program coordinator at Miami Book Fair. In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting their teeth kicked out by bullies at age 5, to […]
A foursome of artists share important stories of historic dissent matched with journalistic retellings and carefully thought out illustrations. In Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America, Candacy Taylor works to explore the historical role and impact of The Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists published from […]
For 50 years, Charles Schulz told the story of a meek, nervous Charlie Brown and his young circle of friends, whose philosophical musings and complex humor captivated millions of readers. Peanuts is among the most popular and influential comic strips in history, helping to cement the four-panel gag strip as a standard, and Schulz remains […]
Live Q&A: Wednesday, November 18 @ 4 – 4:30 p.m. EST Grades 9 – 12 In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron […]
In Afropessimism, award-winning author, poet, and scholar Frank B. Wilderson III draws from autobiographical stories as well as works of philosophy, literature, film, and critical theory as he looks at Blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. As he discusses how race seems to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe, Wilderson […]