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SUMMARY:THE WAR IN UKRAINE: A CONVERSATION
DESCRIPTION:ASKOLD MELNYCZUK\, novelist\, short story writer\, and co-editor of From Three Worlds\, an anthology of Ukrainian writers\, presents a panel on the war in Ukraine with guests HÉCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE\, Salvo mi corazón\, todo está bien; CAROLYN FORCHÉ\, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance; CHRISTOPHER MERRILL\, On the Road to Lviv; and OKSANA LUTSYSHYNA\, Ivan and Phoebe. \nBuy Salvo mi corazón\, todo está bien. – Faciolince \nBuy What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance. – Forché \nBuy On the Road to Lviv. – Merrill \nBuy Ivan and Phoebe. – Lutsyshyna
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/the-war-in-ukraine-a-conversation/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Discussion and Q&A,Immigration,Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand,Panel,Politics & History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T150000
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SUMMARY:TECH TALK: RETHINKING AUTOMATION & OPTIMIZATION
DESCRIPTION:In Optical Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization\, COCO KRUMME explores how optimization has taken over the world – and the urgent case for a new approach. In Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech\, BRIAN MERCHANT discusses how automation changed our world and how it’s shaping our future. Moderated by NATALIA MARTINEZ-KALININA\, founder and principal of NMK Group. \nBuy Optical Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization. – Krumme \nBuy Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. – Merchant \nPresented in partnership with
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/tech-talk-rethinking-automation-optimization/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Discussion and Q&A,Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T150000
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UID:51162-1700402400-1700406000@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:RICHARD HAASS ON THE BILL OF OBLIGATIONS: THE TEN HABITS OF GOOD CITIZENS
DESCRIPTION:In The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens\, DR. RICHARD HAASS offers a provocative guide to reenvisioning citizenship if American democracy is to survive. The United States faces dangerous threats from Russia\, China\, North Korea\, Iran\, terrorists\, climate change\, and future pandemics\, but\, writes Haass\, the greatest danger comes not from abroad but from within\, from ourselves. \nBuy The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens. – Haass \n 
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/richard-haass-on-the-bill-of-obligations-the-ten-habits-of-good-citizens/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Discussion and Q&A,Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand,Politics & History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T143000
DTSTAMP:20260621T203740
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SUMMARY:ON RECLAIMING “LATINO”
DESCRIPTION:Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” is HÉCTOR TOBAR’s personal exploration of what it means to be Latino in the U.S. Taking on colonialism\, public policy\, immigration\, media\, and pop culture\, he decodes the meaning of “Latino” as a racial and ethnic identity and gives voice to the anger and hopes of young Latino people. \nBuy Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino.” – Tobar \nSponsored by
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/on-reclaiming-latino/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Current Events,Discussion and Q&A,Immigration,Live from MDC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T140000
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SUMMARY:DYNASTIC INFLUENCES
DESCRIPTION:JOSEPH SASSOON’s The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire is a saga of the making – and undoing – of a family dynasty. In The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America\, DANIEL SCHULMAN shares the story of the German-Jewish immigrants who influenced what would become some of the largest investment banks in the world. \nBuy The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire. – Sassoon \nBuy The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America. – Schulman
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/dynastic-influences/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Current Events,Discussion and Q&A,Immigration,Judaic,Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260621T203740
CREATED:20231118T071438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T213110Z
UID:51027-1700398800-1700402400@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:UNCOVERED TRUTHS & MANIPULATED WORLDS
DESCRIPTION:In TANANARIVE DUE‘s work of historical fiction\, The Reformatory: A Novel\, 12-year-old Robbie Stephens Jr. is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys\, furthering his journey into the terrors of the Jim Crow South. In Our Missing Hearts: A Novel by CELESTE NG\, a young boy whose mother disappeared when he was 9 receives a mysterious letter\, pulling him into a quest to find her. And in C PAM ZHANG’s Land of Milk and Honey: A Novel\, a chef is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate. \nBuy The Reformatory: A Novel. – Due \nBuy Our Missing Hearts: A Novel. – Ng \nBuy Land of Milk and Honey: A Novel. – Zhang
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/uncovered-truths-manipulated-worlds/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Fiction,LGBTQ+,Live from MDC,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T130000
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CREATED:20231119T050708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T213256Z
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SUMMARY:ON RACIAL EQUITY & THE LEGACY OF DR. KING
DESCRIPTION:King: A Life is the first major biography of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. in decades; in it\, JONATHAN EIG offers an intimate view of an emotionally troubled man who was rarely at peace with himself. In Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity\, LAURA MECKLER tells the story of a decadeslong pursuit in Shaker Heights\, Ohio\, to become a national model for housing integration\, uncovering the persistent roadblocks that have threatened the progress of racial equity. Moderating is JACOB IVEY\, associate professor of history at Florida Memorial University and the author of Policing\, Race\, and the Formation of Nineteenth-Century British Colonial Natal. \nBuy King: A Life. – Eig \nBuy Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity. – Meckler
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/on-racial-equity-the-legacy-of-dr-king/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T120000
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CREATED:20231119T060808Z
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UID:51182-1700391600-1700395200@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:JEFFREY TOOBIN WITH MICHAEL GRUNWALD ON TIMOTHY MCVEIGH & EXTREMISM
DESCRIPTION:In Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism\, JEFFREY TOOBIN details the profound legacy of McVeigh\, from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to the January 6\, 2021\, insurrection. Featuring interviews with key figures such as Bill Clinton\, Homegrown provides not only a powerful retelling of one of the great outrages of our time\, but a warning for the future. Moderating is author and journalist MICHAEL GRUNWALD\, senior writer for Politico magazine. \nBuy Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism. – Toobin
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/jeffrey-toobin-with-michael-grunwald-on-timothy-mcveigh-extremism/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Current Events,Discussion and Q&A,Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand,Politics & History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T120000
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SUMMARY:REMEMBRANCES OF MY FATHER: A CONVERSATION
DESCRIPTION:From journalist LUKE RUSSERT\, Look for Me There: Grieving My Father\, Finding Myself is an exploration of one’s place in the world in the face of crushing grief. It chronicles the emotional story of a young man taking charge of his life\, reexamining his relationship with his parents\, and finally grieving his larger-than-life father\, who died far too young. Moderating is author DANI SHAPIRO. \nBuy Look for Me There: Grieving My Father\, Finding Myself. – Russert
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/remembrances-of-my-father-a-conversation-2/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+,Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T120000
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SUMMARY:DYSTOPIAS & FALSE PROMISES
DESCRIPTION:In the dystopian Chain-Gang All-Stars: A Novel\, NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH offers a clear-eyed look at the American prison system’s unholy alliance of systemic racism\, unchecked capitalism\, and mass incarceration – and what freedom in this country really means. In JINWOO CHONG’s Flux: A Novel\, a young man’s reality unravels when he suspects that his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travel and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes. And in JONATHAN ESCOFFERY’s If I Survive You\, a family flees to 1970s Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston but America is far from the promised land. \nBuy Chain-Gang All-Stars: A Novel. – Adjei-Brenyah \nBuy Flux: A Novel. – Chong \nBuy If I Survive You. – Escoffery \nSponsored by
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/dystopias-false-promises/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Fiction,LGBTQ+,Live from MDC,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260621T203740
CREATED:20231118T085524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T153126Z
UID:51112-1700330400-1700334000@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:AIDA RODRIGUEZ ON LEGITIMATE KID: A MEMOIR
DESCRIPTION:In her highly anticipated debut\, Legitimate Kid: A Memoir\, AIDA RODRIGUEZ chronicles her whirlwind life – from being kidnapped (twice!) and enduring homelessness with her children to securing an HBO Max special and multiple development deals. Rodriguez used her gifts and worked tirelessly to turn her pain into biting comedy that takes on everything from misogyny and racism to the latest news headlines. \nBuy Legitimate Kid: A Memoir. – Rodriguez
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/aida-rodriguez-on-legitimate-kid-a-memoir/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T190000
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CREATED:20231118T080631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T153157Z
UID:51071-1700330400-1700334000@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:FROM THE BANGLES TO BUNGLED LOVE: A READING & PERFORMANCE WITH SUSANNA HOFFS
DESCRIPTION:Jane Start had a hit once\, 10 years ago. Now she’s 33\, broke\, newly single and living out of four garbage bags at her parents’ house. In This Bird Has Flown: A Novel\, SUSANNA HOFFS\, lead singer of ’80s band the Bangles\, explores love and the ghosts of our past – while offering an insider’s view of pop music fame. Hoffs will perform a few of her greatest hits and be in conversation with journalist and pop culture critic EVELYN MCDONNELL. \nBuy This Bird Has Flown: A Novel. – Hoffs
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/from-the-bangles-to-bungled-love-a-reading-performance-with-susanna-hoffs/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Live from MDC,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T190000
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CREATED:20231118T070042Z
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SUMMARY:THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
DESCRIPTION:A special event featuring many of this year’s honorees\, including NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH\, AALIYAH BILAL\, ERIN BOW\, KENNETH M. CADOW\, LIZZIE DAVIS\, OLIVER DE LA PAZ\, ELIOT DUNCAN\, JONATHAN EIG\, CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA\, HUDA FAHMY\, STÊNIO GARDEL\, ANNELYSE GELMAN\, TANIA JAMES\, MICHAEL G. LONG\, DAN NOTT\, JOSÉ OLIVAREZ\, PRUDENCE PEIFFER\, JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS\, MONA SUSAN POWER\, HANNA PYLVÄINEN\, PAISLEY REKDAL\, DAN SANTAT\, CHARIF SHANAHAN\, EVIE SHOCKLEY\, BETTY C. TANG\, SAM TAYLOR\, JUSTIN TORRES\, JOHN VAILLANT\, LATOYA WATKINS\, KIDADA E. WILLIAMS\, YOHURU WILLIAMS\, and MONICA YOUN. Moderated by RUTH DICKEY\, National Book Foundation executive director. \nBuy Chain-Gang All-Stars: A Novel. – Adjei-Brenyah \nBuy Temple Folk. – Bilal \nBuy Simon Sort of Says. – Bow \nBuy Gather. – Cadow \nBuy The Devil of the Provinces. – Davis \nBuy The Diaspora Sonnets. – De La Paz \nBuy Ponyboy: A Novel. – Duncan \nBuy King: A Life. – Eig \nBuy Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice. – Garza \nBuy Huda F Cares. – Fahmy \nBuy The Words that Remain: A Novel. – Gardel \nBuy Vexations. – Gelman \nBuy Loot: A Novel. – James \nBuy More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. – Long \nBuy Hidden Systems: Water\, Electricity\, the Internet\, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day. – Nott \nBuy Promises of Gold. – Olivarez \nBuy The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever. – Peiffer \nBuy Night Watch: A Novel. – Phillips \nBuy A Council of Dolls: A Novel. – Power \nBuy The End of Drum-Time: A Novel. – Pylväinen \nBuy West: A Translation. – Rekdal \nBuy A First Time for Everything. – Santat \nBuy Trace Evidence: Poems. – Shanahan \nBuy suddenly we. – Shockley \nBuy Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel. – Tang \nBuy Beyond the Door of No Return: A Novel. – Taylor \nBuy Blackouts: A Novel. – Torres \nBuy Fire Weather: A True Story. – Vaillant \nBuy Holler\, Child: Stories. – Watkins \nBuy I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction. – Williams \nBuy From From: Poems. – Youn \nPresented in partnership with
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/the-national-book-foundation-presents-an-evening-with-the-national-book-awards/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Live from MDC,On Demand,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260621T203740
CREATED:20231118T085110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T152957Z
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SUMMARY:CELESTIAL BODIES: A CONVERSATION
DESCRIPTION:In Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark\, Egyptian American astrophysicist SARAFINA EL-BADRY NANCE shares how she carved out a place in her field\, grounding herself in a lifelong love of the stars to face life’s inevitable challenges and embrace the unknown. In ELIO MORILLO’s The Boy Who Reached the Stars: A Memoir\, he chronicles an itinerant childhood and unique journey from the farthest expanse of human endeavor – space – to AI and robotics. Moderating is DOUGLAS A. ROBERTS\, PH.D.\, president and CEO of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. \nBuy Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark. – Nance \nBuy The Boy Who Reached the Stars: A Memoir. – Morillo
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/celestial-bodies-a-conversation/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260621T203740
CREATED:20231118T080236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T153051Z
UID:51067-1700326800-1700330400@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY: DAVID ZUCKER ON THE MAKING OF AIRPLANE!
DESCRIPTION:Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! is a first-ever history of the making of the 1980 comedy classic Airplane! by DAVID ZUCKER\, Jim Abrahams\, and Jerry Zucker\, the writers and directors of the hit film. Made with a modest $3.5 million budget\, Airplane! premiered July 2\, 1980\, and went on to make nearly $200 million in sales – and a book’s worth of hilarious lines and absurd comedic situations. Joining Zucker in conversation is author DAVE BARRY. \nBuy Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! – Zucker
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/dont-call-me-shirley-david-zucker-on-the-making-of-airplane/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Live from MDC,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T173000
DTSTAMP:20260621T203740
CREATED:20231118T065634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T152926Z
UID:51013-1700325000-1700328600@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:RECKONINGS & RECRIMINATIONS
DESCRIPTION:Pineapple Street: A Novel\, JENNIFER JACKSON‘s debut\, follows three women in a one-percenter clan\, offering glimpses of their indulgent pleasures\, the miles between the haves and have-nots\, and the insanity of first love. In MARY BETH KEANE’s The Half Moon: A Novel\, when a blizzard traps a couple in place for a week\, he learns shocking news about the woman he loves. In REBECCA MAKKAI’s I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel\, a podcaster revisits her boarding school – and her former roommate’s still unsolved murder. And in IDRA NOVEY’s Take What You Need: A Novel\, the parallel lives of Jean and her beloved but estranged stepdaughter\, Leah\, are revealed after the older woman’s death. \nBuy Pineapple Street: A Novel. – Jackson \nBuy The Half Moon: A Novel. – Keane \nBuy I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel. – Makkai \nBuy Take What You Need: A Novel. – Novey
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/reckonings-recriminations/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Live from MDC,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T170000
DTSTAMP:20260621T203740
CREATED:20231118T084220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T152828Z
UID:51102-1700323200-1700326800@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:COMIC RELIEF & POP CULTURE ZEITGEIST
DESCRIPTION:In Unreliable Narrator: Me\, Myself\, and Impostor Syndrome\, comedian APARNA NANCHERLA delivers a collection of essays marked by her signature humor\, sharing hilarious and incredibly insightful meditations on body image\, productivity culture\, the ultra-meme-ability of mental health language\, and who\, exactly\, gets to make art “about nothing.” In her memoir Living My Best Life\, Hun: Following Your Dreams is No Joke\, LONDON HUGHES recounts disastrous experiences in friendships\, relationships\, and career choices\, but reminds readers that however bad things get\, you can always build your self-worth\, think long term\, and emerge triumphant. Moderating is GRACE DEWITT\, director of The New Tropic. \nBuy Unreliable Narrator: Me\, Myself\, and Impostor Syndrome. – Nancherla \nBuy Living My Best Life\, Hun: Following Your Dreams is No Joke. – Hughes
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/comic-relief-pop-culture-zeitgeist/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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UID:51063-1700323200-1700326800@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:ON MASTERY & KNOWLEDGE: THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
DESCRIPTION:From the creation of the first encyclopedia and Wikipedia to ancient museums and modern kindergarten classes\, SIMON WINCHESTER’s Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic offers an all-encompassing look at how humans acquire\, retain\, and pass on information and data. In The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery\, ADAM GOPNIK asks a foundational question to the human experience: How do we learn – and master – a new skill? How could anyone become so good at anything? And if there’s a fundamental mystery to mastery\, is it possible to unravel it? \nBuy Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic. – Winchester \nBuy The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery. – Gopnik
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/on-mastery-knowledge-the-human-experience/
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CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T150000
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UID:51095-1700319600-1700323200@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:DAUGHTERS OF LATIN AMERICA: A CONVERSATION
DESCRIPTION:SANDRA GUZMÁN\, editor of Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women\, is joined by contributors ELIZABETH ACEVEDO\, DAINA CHAVIANO\, ANJANETTE DELGADO\, and ESMERALDA SANTIAGO to discuss the power\, strength\, and creativity of the 140+ voices collected in the book\, including writers\, leaders\, scholars\, and activists\, and 24 Indigenous voices. Moderating is Emmy-winning journalist SOLEDAD O’BRIEN\, author of Latino in America. \nBuy Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women. – Guzmán \nBuy Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women. – Acevedo \nBuy Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women. – Chaviano \nBuy Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women. – Delgado \nBuy Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women. – Santiago \nSponsored by
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/daughters-of-latin-america-a-conversation/
LOCATION:Livestream + In Person
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Live from MDC,On Demand
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CREATED:20231118T075445Z
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UID:51059-1700319600-1700323200@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:A HISTORICAL RECKONING: ON THE STATE OF AMERICA’S SOUL
DESCRIPTION:In Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America\, HEATHER COX RICHARDSON offers a compelling and original narrative of how\, over the decades\, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. In TRACY K. SMITH’s To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul\, she looks at the constant assaults on Black life\, drawing on several avenues of thinking – personal\, documentary\, and spiritual – to understand who we are as a nation and what we might hope to mean to one another. \nBuy Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America. – Richardson \nBuy To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul. – Smith
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/a-historical-reckoning-on-the-state-of-americas-soul/
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UID:51007-1700319600-1700323200@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:THREE AUTHORS ON FRACTURED FAMILIES
DESCRIPTION:ALLEGRA GOODMAN’s Sam: A Novel is the story of a 7-year-old with a nearly absent father and a mother struggling to make ends meet. But all Sam wants to do is climb\, hang from the highest limbs of the tallest trees\, and scale the side of a building. In JESS ROW’s The New Earth: A Novel\, a family reckons with the harms of the past and confronts an uncertain future. And in THRITY UMRIGAR’s The Museum of Failures: A Novel\, when a young man returns to India to see his now elderly mother – still full of resentment toward her cold and inscrutable nature – he uncovers a shocking family secret that compels him to reevaluate his entire life. \nBuy Sam: A Novel. – Goodman \nBuy The New Earth: A Novel. – Row \nBuy The Museum of Failures: A Novel. – Umrigar
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/three-authors-on-fractured-families/
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CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,On Demand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T150000
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UID:51140-1700316000-1700319600@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:WACKY\, WILD & WITTY
DESCRIPTION:In DAVE BARRY‘s Swamp Story: A Novel\, Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her bad-news ex-boyfriend – then she stumbles across a long-lost treasure\, some very bad men\, and an unemployed\, alcoholic newspaperman in a monster costume. In ADAM MANSBACH’s The Golem of Brooklyn: A Novel\, Len Bronstein knows little about Judaism and even less about golems\, but he makes one anyway and brings him to life – then things get weird. And in The Men Can’t Be Saved: A Novel\, BEN PURKERT peels back the layers of the male ego as he relays the story of a copywriter who is let go from his job and attempts to rediscover his spiritual self\, straying further from salvation with each misstep \nBuy Swamp Story: A Novel. – Barry \nBuy The Golem of Brooklyn: A Novel. – Mansbach \nBuy The Men Can’t Be Saved: A Novel. – Purkert \nSponsored by
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/wacky-wild-witty/
LOCATION:On Demand
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UID:51091-1700316000-1700319600@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:HAPPILY NEVER AFTER: THE FEMININE URGE TO STAGE A RECKONING
DESCRIPTION:In the bittersweet You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir\, poet MAGGIE SMITH explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself\, ultimately reckoning with contemporary womanhood and the historical power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. In We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of]\, HANNAH PITTARD recalls a decade’s worth of unforgettable conversations\, beginning with the one in which she discovers her husband has been having sex with her charismatic best friend. Blending fact and fiction\, Pittard takes stock of universal experiences – from the depths of female rage to the heartbreaking ways we inevitably outgrow certain people. \nBuy You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir. – Smith \nBuy We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of]. – Pittard
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/happily-never-after-the-feminine-urge-to-stage-a-reckoning/
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CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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SUMMARY:HUMANS: RISE & FALL
DESCRIPTION:SIMON SCHAMA’s Foreign Bodies: Pandemics\, Vaccines\, and the Health of Nations investigates the tangled history of pandemics and vaccines through the 18th and 19th centuries\, from smallpox in London to the plague in India. In The World: A Family History of Humanity\, SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE chronicles great dynasties\, from the Caesars to the Kennedys\, linking themes of war\, migration\, plague\, religion\, and technology. \nBuy Foreign Bodies: Pandemics\, Vaccines\, and the Health of Nations. – Schama \nBuy The World: A Family History of Humanity. – Montefiore
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/humans-rise-fall/
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CATEGORIES:Live from MDC,Nonfiction,On Demand
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T140000
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CREATED:20231118T082702Z
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UID:51084-1700312400-1700316000@www.miamibookfaironline.com
SUMMARY:USING LOSS\, LOVE & TRAUMA TO CRAFT PROPULSIVE READS
DESCRIPTION:In My What If Year: A Memoir\, ALISHA FERNANDEZ MIRANDA writes about pausing her successful high-powered career for a year to explore a few jobs of her dreams\, a journey that tested what she thought she was physically\, mentally\, and emotionally capable of. In EMMA GREY’s The Last Love Note: A Novel\, two years after losing her husband\, Kate is still grieving\, solo parenting\, and lurching from one comedic crisis to the next. In BRITTANY MEANS’ Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways: A Memoir\, she shares a childhood filled with abuse and neglect against a backdrop of evangelical Christian culture\, and how she attempted to make sense of the troublesome world around her. And in MEGHAN RIORDAN JARVIS’ End of the Hour: A Therapist’s Memoir\, she chronicles her profound grief after her parents’ deaths\, compelling long-buried childhood tragedy to rise to the surface. Moderating is author\, editor\, and podcaster ZIBBY OWENS\, founder/CEO of Zibby Media. \nBuy My What If Year: A Memoir. – Miranda \nBuy The Last Love Note: A Novel. – Grey \nBuy Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways: A Memoir. – Means \nBuy End of the Hour: A Therapist’s Memoir. – Jarvis
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/using-loss-love-trauma-to-craft-propulsive-reads/
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SUMMARY:ROSS GAY ON THE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS
DESCRIPTION:ROSS GAY‘s new collection of genre-defying essays\, The Book of (More) Delights: Essays\, continues his ongoing investigation of joy. For Gay\, what makes us happy is what connects us and gives us meaning. It might be hearing an old song blasting from a passing car\, the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus\, or his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. Joining Ross in conversation is award-winning author and poetry editor of the Harvard Review\, MAJOR JACKSON. \nBuy The Book of (More) Delights: Essays. – Gay \nBuy Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022. – Jackson
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/ross-gay-on-the-book-of-more-delights/
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SUMMARY:MIKHAIL ZYGAR ON WAR AND PUNISHMENT: PUTIN\, ZELENSKY\, THE PATH TO RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE
DESCRIPTION:In War and Punishment: Putin\, Zelensky\, the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\, Russian journalist MIKHAIL ZYGAR explains the impact of a new generation of Ukrainians\, and provides an overview of a war that continues to threaten the world as we know it. Moderating is author\, historian\, and award-winning professor PHIL HARLING. \nBuy War and Punishment: Putin\, Zelensky\, the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. – Zygar
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/mikhail-zygar-on-war-and-punishment-putin-zelensky-the-path-to-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/
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SUMMARY:TWO LEGENDARY CARTOONISTS: CHAST & ECKSTEIN
DESCRIPTION:In I Must Be Dreaming\, acclaimed cartoonist ROZ CHAST explores and lays bare her own dream world – it’s a place that’s sometimes creepy but always hilarious. In The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won’t Answer to\, Anyway)\, New Yorker cartoonist BOB ECKSTEIN offers the most popular cat names (to avoid)\, cat names for foodies\, James Bond villain cats\, and more. Moderating is CHARLES KOCHMAN\, editor-in-chief of Abrams ComicArts. \nBuy  I Must Be Dreaming. – Chast \nBuy The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won’t Answer to\, Anyway). – Eckstein
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/two-legendary-cartoonists-chast-eckstein/
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SUMMARY:JAMES MCBRIDE ON THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
DESCRIPTION:In JAMES MCBRIDE’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel\, workers digging a foundation find a skeleton at the bottom of a well in Pottstown\, Pennsylvania. Who the skeleton was and how it got there are two long-held secrets kept by the residents of the town’s Chicken Hill neighborhood. And as the mystery unfolds we learn that it is love and community – heaven and earth – that sustain us. Moderating is TAMEKA BRADLEY HOBBES\, library regional manager of the African American Research Library and Cultural Center at Broward County Library. \nBuy The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel. – McBride
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/james-mcbride-on-the-heaven-earth-grocery-store/
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CATEGORIES:Live from MDC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T110000
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CREATED:20231118T081435Z
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SUMMARY:EXAMINING A FRACTURED AMERICA
DESCRIPTION:Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better is a bold call to reexamine how our government operates – and how it sometimes fails. JENNIFER PAHLKA shows why we must stop trying to move what we have today onto new technology and instead consider what it would mean to truly recode American government. In Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream\, ALISSA QUART explores America’s “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” credo\, arguing that at the heart of our suffering is the misplaced belief that we must rely on ourselves alone. Bootstrapped is a powerful examination of what ails us at a societal level and how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance. Moderating is NANCY ANCRUM\, editorial page editor at the Miami Herald. \nBuy Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. – Pahlka \nBuy Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream. – Quart
URL:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/examining-a-fractured-america/
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