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Gourmet magazine's editor considers the next course
Nearly three weeks after food-world royalty Ruth Reichl got the staggering news that Gourmet, the venerated culinary magazine she ushered into the 21st century, was shutting down after a 68-year run, she was still at a loss as to what she might do next.
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Sultry song inspired Benny Moré bio
John Radanovich is obsessive about jazz, so much so that he moved from one great jazz town to another, just to immerse himself in it. Chicago. New York. New Orleans.
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Q & A | Bob Graham: An owner's manual on government
Kathleen McGrory is an education reporter for The Miami Herald. She asked this of Sen. Bob Graham, who has written ``America, The Owner's Manual: Making Government Work for You'' (CQ Press, $16.95).
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Q & A | Joyce Purnick: On Michael Bloomberg
Terence Shepherd is multimedia business editor for The Miami Herald. He asked this of Joyce Purnick, who has written ``Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics'' (PublicAffairs, $26.95).
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Q & A | Andrés Neuman: A musical childhood in Argentina
Sarah Moreno is a reporter for the Galería section of El Nuevo Herald. She asked this question of Andrés Neuman, the Spanish-Argentine novelist and poet whose most recent work is ``El viajero del siglo'' (Traveler of the Century) (Santillana U.S.A., $19.99), which has won the prestigious Alfaguara Award. At present he has a column in the literary supplement of the daily national newspapers ABC (Spain) and Clarín (Argentina).
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Q & A | Jack E. Davis: On Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Curtis Morgan, the Herald's environmental affairs writer, asked this question of Jack E. Davis, author of ``An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century'' (University of Georgia Press, $34.95).
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Q & A | Meg Cabot: Advice for girls
Judi Smith, assistant to Dave Barry and Leonard Pitts Jr. at The Miami Herald, asked this of Meg Cabot whose books this year are ``Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Stage Fright'' ($15.99, Scholastic Press) and ``Being Nikki: An Airhead Novel'' ($16.99, Point).
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Q & A | Jaime Bayly: A conservative antibourgeois
Olga Connor, who writes often for El Nuevo Herald about Cuban culture, interviewed Jaime Bayly, the well-known Peruvian writer and journalist whose latest book is ``El Cojo y el Loco'' (``The Mad and the Cripple'') (Alfaguara, $16.99).
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Q & A | Stuart E. Weisberg: On Rep. Barney Frank
Steve Rothaus covers gay issues for The Miami Herald. He asked these questions of Stuart E. Weisberg, who has written ``Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman'' (University of Massachusetts Press, $30 hardback).
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Q & A | Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés: Marielitos, balseros and other exiles
Luisa Yanez is a higher-education reporter for The Miami Herald and a co-author of ``Miami's Criminal Past Uncovered'' (The History Press, 2007). She asked this of Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés, who has written ``Marielitos, Balseros and Other Exiles'' (IG Publishing, $14.95):
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Q & A | Tracy Kidder: A Burundian student's experience
Trenton Daniel is a staff writer for The Miami Herald. He asked this of Tracy Kidder, whose most recent book is ``Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness'' (Random House, $26).
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ASKING AUTHORS
Q & A | Roxanna Elden: Joys, perils of teaching
Nirvi Shah is consumer affairs and personal finance reporter for The Miami Herald who previously covered education. She asked this of Roxanna Elden, who wrote See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers (2009; Kaplan, $19.95). Elden has been teaching for eight years, including the past six at Hialeah High.
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ASKING AUTHORS
Q & A | Ana Menendez: Writing novels
Sergio Bustos is The Herald's deputy city editor and a co-author of ``Miami's Criminal Past Uncovered'' (The History Press, 2007). He asked this of Ana Menendez, a former Herald columnist and the author of ``The Last War'' (Harper/HarperCollins, $24.99).
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Q & A | Liz Balmaseda: True life inspires fiction
Tere Figueras Negrete is a an editor for the Miami Herald Neighbor's section. She asked this of Pulitzer Prize winner Liz Balmaseda, formerly of The Miami Herald and currently a columnist for The Palm Beach Post, whose new book is ``Sweet Mary'' (Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, $24.95).
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Q & A | Francine Prose: On Anne Frank
Elinor Brecher, who writes obituaries for The Miami Herald, is the author of ``Schindler's Legacy: True Stories of the List Survivors (Penguin Group, 1994). She asked this of Francine Prose, author of ``Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife'' (Harper, $24.99).
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Q & A | Lyah Beth LeFlore: African American mothers and daughters
Andrea Robinson, editor of The Miami Herald's Neighbors sections that appear in North-Central Miami-Dade and Northwest Miami-Dade, asked this of Lyah Beth LeFlore, the author of ``Wildflowers'' (Broadway Books, $13.99), a gripping tale about the strong black women in the Davis family that explores natural and spiritual bonds between mothers and daughters and the lengths they go to protect their name.
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Q & A | Sid Jacobson: Lessons from Vlad the Impaler
Glenn Garvin, The Miami Herald's television critic, has also been a foreign correspondent for the paper. His books include ``Everybody Had His Own Gringo: The CIA and the Contras'' (Brassey's, 1992). He asked this of Sid Jacobson, co-author (with Ernie Colón) of the graphic novel ``Vlad The Impaler: The Man Who Was Dracula'' (Hudson Street Press, $25.95).
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Q & A | Sadia Shepard: On memoirs
Sue Mullin is manager-editor of the Calendar department for The Miami Herald. She asked this of Sadia Shepard, who has written ``The Girl From Foreign: A Memoir'' (Penguin Books, $25.95 hardcover and $16 paperback).
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Review | 'Tell Me Something True': A diary leads Gabriella to secrets about her mother
This debut novel compares Colombian culture and lifestyles to the fantasy land of Hollywood.
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