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Miami Book Fair International: A Guide For Foodies

Miami Book FairThe Miami Book Fair: eat and read at the same time.​The Miami Book Fair International is once again taking over the streets of downtown Miami. Every fall, voracious readers look forward to perusing both new and antique books in the hope of finding a treasure or a bargain at the stre ... More >>

Beware the Literati

Miami Book FairThe Miami Book Fair: eat and read at the same time.​The Miami Book Fair International is once again taking over the streets of downtown Miami. Every fall, voracious readers look forward to perusing both new and antique books in the hope of finding a treasure or a bargain at the stre ... More >>

Patti Smith Brings Her Memoir Just Kids to Miami Book Fair Tonight

Linda Smith BianucciProto-punk poet Patti Smith.​On Tuesday, counterculture queen Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids won the National Book Award for nonfiction. Taking part in the finalist readings, she described it, saying: "My book is the story of my friendship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe, w ... More >>

Miami Book Fair spins into town

Linda Smith BianucciProto-punk poet Patti Smith.​On Tuesday, counterculture queen Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids won the National Book Award for nonfiction. Taking part in the finalist readings, she described it, saying: "My book is the story of my friendship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe, w ... More >>

Three Kings: Eggers, Marcus,Talese

Linda Smith BianucciProto-punk poet Patti Smith.​On Tuesday, counterculture queen Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids won the National Book Award for nonfiction. Taking part in the finalist readings, she described it, saying: "My book is the story of my friendship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe, w ... More >>

Get Lit

Linda Smith BianucciProto-punk poet Patti Smith.​On Tuesday, counterculture queen Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids won the National Book Award for nonfiction. Taking part in the finalist readings, she described it, saying: "My book is the story of my friendship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe, w ... More >>

Miami Book Fair: Taylor Branch Talks About 'The Clinton Tapes'

Back in the 1970s, while working on George McGovern's doomed presidential bid in Texas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Taylor Branch shared a room with two driven young Yalies named Bill and Hillary Clinton. via Wikimedia Commons​When the man from Hope won the White House in '92, Clinton i ... More >>

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