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Book fair: Its over? Really?
Between the Covers —
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Funny how you live with something for so long that youre discombobulated when its done. MIami Book Fair International ended Sunday on a high note with Susie Essman and Andy Borowitz and an appreciative full house. I was tempted to go home (I confess, I was dying to see the Mad Men season finale) but decided to stick ...4 hours ago -
Archies choice: Are you kidding me?
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One of the panels I missed at this weekeds book fair was "Archie Married Whom???" and apparently, I really should have gone. I hear it was a fair highlight. A spy report from a writer who had the sense to be there: "One of the more spirited panels Saturday unfolded in the comics world, as a packed room ...4 hours ago -
Sherman Alexies "War Dances"
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The men in Sherman Alexies terrific collection of stories and poems are frequently flummoxed -- by life, women, history. The father in The Ballad of Paul Nonetheless cant understand why his daughters are appalled by the music he generously loads into their new iPods (``But all these songs are your songs. . . ...1 day ago -
Book fair Saturday: Great day, or greatest day ever?
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On a perfect sunny day - clearly, the weather gods are readers, too - thousands packed the streets and classrooms of Miami Dade College for the 26th edition of Miami Book Fair Internationals street fair. And it was good. Where else could you start your day with Al Gore and end it with Iggy Pop? Parents and ...1 day ago -
Book fair Saturday: Are you ready?
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The coffee pot is full, and Im busily transferring it to my cup to get caffeinated enough for the street fair. This does not mean I wont be scoping out that Land O Lakes truck or booth or whatever is for my free cup. One pot does not carry one through breakfast with Al Gore to dinner with Iggy Pop (not literally, I ...2 days ago -
Orhan Pamuk draws huge crowd at Miami book fair
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Miami is a town all too frequently - some might say stupidly - obsessed with celebrity, and yet, on a breezy Friday night at Miami Dade College, a Turkish novelist drew a bigger audience than a movie star who appeared the evening before him. And not merely a bigger audience. An overflow audience. An audience that ...2 days ago -
Get a free cup of coffee at the fair - and help the Florida Center for the Literary Arts
Between the Covers —
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This cup of coffee pictured does not look good to me. Know why? It is simply TOO DARK. Forget sugar; theres no half and half in it. And no, milk does not cut it when it comes to lightening up the java. Gotta be half and half. The folks at Land O Lakes apparently know this undeniable truth. Theyre heading to the Miami ...2 days ago -
Harrowing childhood memoirs at the book fair
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Jeannette Walls isnt the only author at Miami Book Fair International to be talking about a harrowing memoir of childhood. David Small and Jane Alison will both be there Saturday to talk about their own literary works involving eccentric families. Smalls graphic novel Stitches - nominated for the National ...2 days ago -
"The Daily Show" contributors arrive at book fair seeking laughs
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If you watch The Daily Show , then you know John Hodgman (famous, or rather infamous, for the "Youre Welcome" segments, in which he solves all the worlds problems) and Larry Wilmore ("senior black correspondent" or some similar title). On Saturday, theyll team up at Miami Book Fair International to talk about their ...3 days ago -
"How to Leave Hialeah" author returns home for book fair
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Hialeah, author Jennine Capó Crucet has learned, is something of a mystery to people living outside South Florida. ``Most of the time people assume its a woman who has scorned someone, she says. ``Usually the reaction is: `Whos Hialeah that you need to leave her? Readers of Crucets debut story collection, which ...3 days ago -
Street fair opens at Miami Book Fair International
Between the Covers —
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Heres what you need to know to survive -- and even enjoy -- the weekend at the fair, held at Miami Dade Colleges Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami. STREET FAIR 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday Free Friday; $8 Saturday and Sunday; seniors $5; 18 and under free Free tickets are required for all events in ...3 days ago -
Whos Your Daddy? @ South Florida Caribbean News
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MIAMI - Jamaica-born author, Geoffrey Philp will be reading at with Dylan Landis and Marc Fitten the Miami Book Fair International 2009 on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 3410. More at South Florida Caribbean News *** Related Post @ Jamaicans.com Copyright Geoffrey Philp, ...3 days ago -
Isabella Rossellini and animal sex at the Miami book fair
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The lesson to take from Isabella Rossellinis amusing presentation Thursday night at Miami Book Fair International is simple: You really should be happy youre not a male bee. Drones, you see, live to mate, which doesnt sound so bad until you find out what happens afterward, one of the many subjects of Green Porno ...3 days ago -
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Richard Powers at Miami book fair
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If, as a character in Richard Powers provocative new novel suggests, happiness is a virus, then can we say the crowd was infected at Wednesdays "Evenings With‚.‚.‚. event at Miami Book Fair International ? Yes, we can. Powers, author of Generosity: An Enhancement - about the scientific, cultural and ...4 days ago -
An evening with Ruth Reichl
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On Monday night I had the opportunity of listening to former Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl as she spoke to an audience of fans and food enthusiasts at the Miami Book Fair. Her stop in Miami was the last of the book tour promoting Gourmet Today, a collection of 1,000 recipes developed over five years by [...]4 days ago -
One day after Jeannette Walls, I pick up "The Glass Castle"
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This is how good Jeannette Walls was at the book fair Tuesday night: I started reading The Glass Castle as soon as I got home. Im not sure if it was Walls or her fans who persuaded me to pick it up. Walls was exceptionally warm and funny, but her fans are passionate, and they love this book. Several urged me to ...5 days ago -
Sharjah International Book Fair 2009 opens today
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His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, opened here today at Sharjah Expo Centre the 28th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair 2009, under the theme ‘In love with reading word’.Speaking at the inauguration, the Sharjah Ruler said that “this ...5 days ago -
Buckeye Book Fair
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The 22nd annual Buckeye Book Fair was held in Wooster, Ohio, last Saturday. If you like books, you should put this event on your literary itinerary for next year. Its the biggest book bash held in the state, with about 100 authors of all kinds of writings. This was my second time there as an author. To qualify to ...5 days ago
