The Miami Book Fair drew to a close Sunday with a packed session featuring Salman Rushdie, author of `The Satanic Verses.'
Surely, other writers are on the Miami Book Fair schedule with Peter Matthiessen. If so, I forget. Some other year, Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal, Russell Banks, Nancy Milford, Billy Collins, Sandra Cisneros, Rick Bass could collect their rightful veneration. But Matthiessen comes to Miami Sunday with the heft of his greatest novel and a nomination for the National Book Award. And he comes to a region that owes too much to his book for other writers to matter.
Book lovers will take to the streets Friday with the opening of the street fair of the 25th annual Miami Book Fair International. And if you're an experienced fairgoer, you're not worried. You know the drill.
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Two culinary personalities brought savory musings to Miami Book Fair International. And then came Gore Vida...
STREET FAIR 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami. A...
Ian Vasquez examines the common themes of sibling rivalry and family secrets to deliver a thoughtful look a...
Entertaining novel poses the question: If everything is pointless, what matters to us most?
A man with a four-month migraine examines pain.
THURSDAY Garth Stein and The Art of Racing in the Rain. 7 p.m. Books & Books, 9700 Collins Ave., Bal Harbou...
Michael Phelps channels dinosaurs in a world absent of scandal over bongs. Julianne Moore relives her red-h...
Editor's note: This story was originally published Sept. 8, 2007. As publishing success stories go, Stephe...
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