Elif Shafak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World – shortlisted for the Booker Prize – explores the final thoughts of a dying woman. After she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain remains active for 10 […]
International bestselling author Larry Watson’s The Lives of Edie Pritchard – described by Publishers Weekly as a “riveting and tense examination of identity, violence, and female anger” – tells a multigenerational story of the West through the history of one woman trying to live life on her own terms, as multiple men attempt to categorize and own her. Joining him […]
About Carrie Sue Ayvar: Storyteller Carrie Sue Ayvar has been connecting people, languages and cultures in both English and Spanish for more than 40 years. A longtime advocate for the art of storytelling and arts education, she has performed in diverse venues from intimate café settings with small audiences to a National Park with several […]
Let's face it, kids' curiosity can get them into things they shouldn't – namely trouble. This is especially true over the past few months when accidental poisonings in the home have almost doubled. Review these helpful tips with your little ones to help remind them to stay away from some of the more toxic items […]
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 […]
Alex George’s The Paris Hours follows four ordinary people during a single day in 1927 in the City of Lights, and watches as their lives collide. When the quartet’s paths finally cross in an unforgettable climax, each discovers if they will finally find what they’re looking for. George examines his protagonists and their foibles with […]
In The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America, journalist Ellis Cose examines how one of the most essential rights in America – free speech – is crumbling under the combined weight of polarization, technology, money, and systematized lying. He’s joined by ACLU of Florida executive director Dr. Micah W. Kubic, a […]
For the first time in human memory, early death is now the exception rather than the rule. Perri Klass’ A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future celebrates the doctors, nurses, public health advocates, and scientists who brought new approaches and scientific ideas that made it happen. She’s […]
Special introduction by Natalie Satakovski, 2020 Gulf Stream Literary Magazine editor-in-chief. Gulf Stream Literary Magazine champions vibrant and eclectic literature and art. Based in Miami, it publishes emerging and established writers from the USA and beyond. Join contributors Melissa Goode, whose work has also appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly and Best Australian Short Stories; Sara McNally, […]
Live Q&A on Tuesday, November 17 at 9 p.m. The Baddest Bitch in the Room is Sophia Chang's memoir of her career in the music business, working with such acts as Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest, but also her candid accounts of marriage, motherhood, aging, marginalization, and martial arts. Fearless and unpredictable, Sophia Chang prevailed in […]
Event starts Tuesday, November 17 @ 8:30 p.m. EST Finalistas de Cuentomanía 2020 Gloria Noriega, Pedro Medina León, José Ignacio Chascas Valenzuela y Gastón Virkel presentan a los finalistas de la edición 2020. Finalistas de Cuentomanía 2020, con Pedro Galván, Javier Lentino, Daniel Reschigna y Diana Rodríguez Gloria Noriega, fundadora/productora ejecutiva, Pedro Medina León, fundador/productor […]
In Farmer, Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History, Dr. Paul Farmer shares his firsthand experience with the worst Ebola outbreak ever experienced, a substantive account of a frightening, fast-moving episode and its implications. He’s speaking with fellow physician-writer Daniela Lamas, author of You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of […]