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Interview: Mark Kurlansky's Edible Stories, Part 2

Courtesy Riverhead Books​This is part two of an interview with journalist, author, and historian Mark Kurlansky.  (Part one is here.) Some of his best known books are the international best-sellers Salt, Cod (which won a James Beard award) and A Basque History of the World.  His latest b ... More >>

Interview: Author Mark Kurlansky on Edible Stories

Sylvia Plachy​Journalist, author, and historian Mark Kurlansky's most well-known books are the international best-sellers Salt, Cod (which won a James Beard award), 1968, The Food of a Younger Land, and A Basque History of the World. His latest book, Edible Stories, is his third work of fiction.&n ... More >>

From Haiti with Love

Tap Tap Hosts Fundraiser for Haïti Liberté, Newspaper Crippled by January Earthquake

Michael E. MillerManno Charlemagne plays at Tap Tap the night of the Haiti Liberte fundraiser​When a 7.0 earthquake hit Léogâne, Haiti on January 12, the shock waves completely destroyed the small town and much of the nearby capital of Port-au-Prince. The damage was horrific: at least 230,000 de ... More >>

Soledad O'Brien Peddles Documentary in Hot Pink Dress and Killer Heels

The University of Miami's Cosford Cinema's breezeway was decorated with a sweet Bacardi cocktail layout last night. High tables were dressed in green and orange hues of the "U." Nearly 200 people came to catch a sneak peak of CNN's Soledad O'Brien's newest documentary, Rescued. The one-hour doc des ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Twitter Hits Ground Running for Haiti Earthquake Relief

​Twitter proved a powerful communication tool when a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti yesterday afternoon, followed by a series of additional earthquakes well past midnight. Tweets began immediately after the first quake.Trending topics on Twitter this morning ab ... More >>

Report: Women Horribly Neglected in Florida's Immigration Jails

Marlene Jaggernauth had been a legal U.S. resident for 27 years when the ICE agents came knocking on her door in 2003. Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsThey arrested the Trinidad native on a shoplifting charge from six years earlier, took her from her four young children, and moved her from county jail to ... More >>

Federal Lockup is No Picnic, Either

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In Search of the Great Miami Novel

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Voices of the Islands

Local author Bob Antoni casts a literary net and pulls in a long-overdue compilation of Caribbean writers