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  What are you reading now?

  “Since I’m a bit paranoid about unconsciously mimicking another writer, I read nonfiction while I’m writing a book and fiction when I’m not. I just finished the fourth volume of Robert Caro’s brilliant biography of Lyndon Johnson, The Passage of Power, and I’ve started The 9/11 Commission Report, which I’ve been meaning to read since it was published. Caro may write nonfiction, but his grasp of narrative, imagery, metaphor and his dramatic sensibilities rival those of most first-rate novelists.”
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  O, Miami Poetry Festival

  Readers vote for their 'That's so Miami' favorite poems

  What does the idea of “Miami” conjure? Sunshine, South Beach, Cuban coffee?
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  Nonfiction

  Portrait of a struggling society

  Barbara Garson interviews Americans affected by the Recession and draws conclusions.
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  Poetry

  Poetry project of Honduran schoolchildren attracts Inaugural poet Richard Blanco

  The Inaugural poet and an award-winning poet turned priest are getting Honduran schoolchildren to bare their souls — even when they’re shattered

• Mystery

  At the beach with Helen, Phil

  Board Stiff. Elaine Viets. Obsidian. 272 pages. $23.95.
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  Books

  ‘Running With Scissors’ author tackles self-help

  After delving into his demons in best-selling memoirs, Augusten Burroughs tackles yours in a self-help book
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  Books

  Jill McCorkle celebrates life in new novel

  If Jill McCorkle had to sum up her new novel, the description would go something like this: “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”
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  Fiction

  Newcomers change an unfulfilled woman

  Claire Messud latest character, a disappointed teacher, dazzles and fascinates in this page-turner.
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  History

  Turning point

  Historian Nathaniel Philbrick paints a clear and compelling portrait of the burgeoning American Revolution
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  Fiction

  Fast motorcycles and labor revolts

  In Rachel Kushner’s deeply layered second novel, a woman navigates turbulent times in the ‘70s.
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  Nonfiction

  The elements (and importance) of cooking

  Michael Pollan is hands-on in his argument that it would behoove us all to connect with our food again.
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  What are you reading now?

  “The Snow Child [by Eowyn Ivey]. It was good, very intriguing. It’s one of those books that sends you into another world, and I got lost in it. You’re never quite sure if is this really happening or if it’s a fable.”
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  Essays

  Witty words from a master

  David Sedaris entertains with pieces about his relationship with his father and observations of life on the road.

• Suspense

  A Berlin cop fights evil

  A Man Without Breath. Philip Kerr. Putnam. 480 pages. $26.95.
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  Drugs on Bieber tour bus?

  More trouble on Justin Bieber’s European tour: Swedish police said Thursday they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer’s bus.
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  Books

  Miami is No. 3 — in Amazon book sales

  Miami is no. 3 on Amazon’s ‘Well Read Cities’ list.
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  Author! Author!

  A chat with Kristin Hannah about her sequel to ‘Firefly Lane’

  Kristin Hannah has written 20 novels and had never once been moved to write a sequel.
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  Fiction and essays

  Companionable volumes

  Elinor Lipman’s latest novel and essay collection share the author’s humorous sensibility — with a twist.
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  Fiction

  Isabel Allende’s latest novel about a modern troubled teen still satisfying for fans of magical realism.

  Isabel Allende’s latest novel about a modern troubled teen still satisfying for fans of magical realism.
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  Stories

  Fantastic author’s top hits

  The Story Until Now provides the wonderful opportunity to revisit the long and distinguished career of a singular American voice. Much to her credit, Kit Reed is a difficult writer to categorize. Her novels and short stories traffic in science fiction and fabulism, in the surreal and the fantastic, sometimes separately and sometimes all at once. She has described her fiction, quite appropriately, as “trans-genred” and it has earned her a Guggenheim fellowship among other awards.
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  Memoir

  Exorcist’ director revisits old demons

  A self-made, scrappy professional reaches the top only to be brought down by conflicting desires and his own hubris. Amid the wreckage, he reconsiders what’s important to him and begins anew.
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  Biography

  Bringing a Latin American leader to light

  Marie Arana’s history of liberator Simon Bolivar a masterful addition to a subject neglected in the United States.
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  What are you reading now?

  “Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy. To me, death is an endlessly fascinating topic. This book trails the remains of famous figures in history. It’s fun to see the journey they took (their bodies, anyway,) after dying.”
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  Fiction

  Ursula Todd lives and dies (and lives again) in ‘Life After Life’

  Kate Atkinson’s clever novel expounds on the premise that we can start over if we don’t like the outcome
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  Nonfiction

  All guts — and very little glory

  Mary Roach goes deep inside the digestive system to figure out how and why things work.
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  FICTION

  Intertwined in youth, six lives are changed forever

  Decades breeze by in this novel about long-lasting friendships, family secrets and money.
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  What are you reading now?

  “I recently read Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, and it pretty much knocked my socks off. Uniquely written and wryly funny, this novel is about what happens when an eccentric artist/mother suddenly vanishes and her teen daughter is left to figure out why. All I can say is once you begin it, you’d best clear your schedule: you won’t want to put it down until it’s done.”
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  Nonfiction

  Twists and turns of a murder case

  Oddities and contradictions plague the conviction of Bill Macumber for a double murder in 1962.
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  Nonfiction

  Questioning the so-called experts

  A skeptic delves into statistics and choices on issues that surround our lives.
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  Books

  ‘Drunken Botanist’ author explores the plants behind our favorite cocktails

  When you pry a piece of corn silk out of your teeth, you’re yanking out a fallopian tube. Good sake should never, ever be served hot. And though you might shudder to hear it, some brewers in Brussels are quite happy when bugs fall into open vats of yeast, because they churn it up, thus becoming “unwitting accomplices in the dance between sugar and yeast.”
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  Fiction

  Insiders vs. outsiders

  Elizabeth Strout’s new novel addresses complicated ties of family, home and change
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  Graphic novels

  Ellis conjures up 12 imaginative tales

  Global Frequency. Warren Ellis. DC Comics. 288 pages. $19.99.
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  Nonfiction

  Dark chapter in American justice

  The author makes a case that double standards and rigged outcomes are the usual at Guantanamo Bay.
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  What are you reading now?

  “I read Portrait of a Marriage: Vita-Sackville West and Harold Nicolson by Nigel Nicolson [their son]. For me reading anything firsthand about that period is fascinating. There are all these details about her life . . . . and it’s interesting because it’s about her lesbian love affair during her marriage. We think, ‘Oh, that didn’t happen then,’ but of course it did. The book is beautifully written and very evocative.”
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  Fiction

  Tales from father, son twist together

  This ambiguous book spotlights aging, loss and the bonds of family.
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  Biography

  The rise and fall of author Charles Jackson, a one-hit wonder of the ’40s, is downright depressing

  The rise and fall of author Charles Jackson, a one-hit wonder of the ’40s, is downright depressing
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  Poetry

  Time to rhyme: O, Miami poetry festival starts this week

  The first time around, O, Miami grabbed poetry, dragged it from the dusty confines of the classroom and out to the streets, the beaches, the Everglades — even down to the thrift stores and up to the skies.
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  Memoir

  Clive Davis offers music business 101 in new autobiography

  Clive Davis tells how his instincts drove the success of his artists.
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  Nonfiction

  Breaking the glass ceiling

  Sheryl Sandberg urges women to make changes to join the guys at the top of the corporate world.
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  Stories

  Social misfits smothered by cynicism

  A wordsmith uses biting prose to bring disillusioned characters to life.

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