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Lorna Simpson: See Friday.

wednesday
february 5
Les Standiford: Award-winning author and director of the creative writing program at Florida International University Les Standiford crafts another poetic page-turner with the fourth installment in his John Deal crime series, Deal on Ice. In this thriller Standiford's hero becomes embroiled in a battle with a right-wing religious fanatic bent on controlling a worldwide media empire after his friend, the unassuming owner of an independent Miami bookstore (gee, wonder who that could be?), is found murdered. Tonight at 8:00 p.m. Standiford reads from and discusses Deal on Ice at Books & Books (296 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables). Admission is free. Call 442-4408.

Lorna Simpson: See Friday.
West Side See Tuesday.
Man of La Mancha: See Tuesday.