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Margie and Mark Buchbinder \u2013 he moved here as a child \u2013 have lived in Miami for many years. They have three daughters, three \u201cfabulous\u201d sons-in-law, six grandchildren, one grandchild-in-law, and a great-grandson. Longtime champions of promoting educational opportunities for children and youth, in 2003 they established the I Have a Dream Overtown initiative, which followed two groups of children from kindergarten through high school, providing them with inspiration, enrichment, mentoring, and support as they went on to college and careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When did you first hear about Miami Book Fair?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Margie: Very early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: I think it was the very first year. It was something we immediately knew we wanted to support and participate in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does Book Fair mean to Miami?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark: That\u2019s probably a 10-part question. [laughs] I moved here in 1954 and I\u2019ve seen the county go through so many different transformations since then; every 15 years or so it reinvents itself. I spent a lot of time downtown when I was a kid, and to me it\u2019s always been the center of activity in the city. Then it started to deteriorate, but with the library and\u00a0HistoryMiami Museum<\/a>\u00a0and other things coming to the area, it started to regenerate. And when Book Fair,\u00a0Miami Film Festival<\/a>, and the other museums started to establish themselves there \u2013 along with the growth of Miami Dade College \u2013 that\u2019s when downtown started becoming the cultural destination that it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, we\u2019ve always been readers \u2013 Margie was a media specialist at an elementary school \u2013 and our walls are filled with books. So supporting something where books and authors can be celebrated, and where people can learn different things, is a wonderful thing to do. As a communitywide project the Fair certainly brings people downtown every November, but it\u2019s really a yearlong thing, because you bring authors to Miami all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: For me, knowing that I can go and hear so many authors is wonderful; I just love that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: We definitely brought our Dreamers to the Fair, many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are some of your favorite FOTF benefits?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Margie: Really, it\u2019s all the authors and hearing them talk about their books \u2013 that\u2019s fabulous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you usually Book Fair together to attend the same sessions, split up to see authors separately, or a little bit of both?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark: I would say it\u2019s a little bit of both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: But for the most part we\u2019re together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: We don\u2019t have to sit next to each other every time. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s an MBF moment or experience that really stands out for each of you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark: One thing I really enjoyed was when Harry Belafonte came to speak \u2013 remember that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: Yes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: Marlon Hill introduced him. Over the years we\u2019d seen him in concert, but at that point he was getting older and wasn\u2019t making a lot of public appearances. It was a moment that I\u2019ll always remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: I absolutely agree with that, but I\u2019m also a huge Dave Barry fan, and not just because he makes me laugh all the time but because his son went to my school. I\u2019ve known him for a good number of years and it\u2019s always a pleasure to see him at the Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: And thankfully he never satirized you in his column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: Yes! Fortunately he never did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell me about the last great book you read.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Solito<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Javier Zamora. It\u2019s a memoir of his journey from El Salvador to the United States as an unaccompanied 9-year-old. It is so personal and so appropriate for what\u2019s happening today that I haven\u2019t ever taken it off my night stand. I think it\u2019s a book that everybody should read. More recently, and this is a shameless plug, is a book called\u00a0King\u2019s Corner<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: K-I-N-G apostrophe s \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: \u2013 that was written by a young author named Easy Jack Portman, who happens to be our grandson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: Published on the very day he graduated high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, wow \u2013 that\u2019s amazing!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Margie: We are so proud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: Of course it\u2019s the best book we\u2019ve ever read. [both laugh]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, it wouldn\u2019t have been the same as seeing your grandson do a reading, but I\u2019m sure you must have seen someone at last year\u2019s Fair that you really enjoyed.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark:\u00a0Maya Wiley and Eddie Glaude Jr.<\/a>\u00a0We watched them all the time on MSNBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie: We\u2019re big fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re on a monthlong sabbatical on a deserted island, just you and your thoughts. What\u2019s the one book you\u2019d be sure to bring with you and why?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Margie: It would be King\u2019s Corner<\/em> by Easy Jack Portman! [all laugh]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark: Probably an atlas, so I could figure out where I was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview by Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; responses have been edited for space and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38588,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[903],"class_list":["post-38587","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-friend"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFriends of the Month: Margie & Mark Buchbinder - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/es\/blog-post\/friends-of-the-month-margie-mark-buchbinder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friends of the Month: Margie & Mark Buchbinder - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Margie and Mark Buchbinder \u2013 he moved here as a child \u2013 have lived in Miami for many years. 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Proud parents of a daughter living in New York City and a son in Seattle \u2013 and grandparents of four \u2013 they make their home in Coconut Grove with their beloved Labradoodles: Blue, 2, and Gem, 10.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UM-horiztonal-PMS-1-300x76-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UM-horiztonal-PMS-1-300x76-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UM-horiztonal-PMS-1-300x76-1-18x5.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did you initially make the decision to support Miami Book Fair?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you come to my house you\u2019ll see a home filled to the brim with books in just about every room \u2013 photography and art books, biographies and memoirs, nonfiction books and political books \u2013 just a huge collection. We recently had to eliminate an entire wall of bookshelves because of a renovation project, and what a challenge that was! [laughs] Deciding what to keep and what to let go of was one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But to answer your question, I love books. And the Fair celebrates literature and reading and brings world-class writers to our city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do you think the Fair has brought to Miami as a whole?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When we first moved here in the \u201970s, Miami wasn\u2019t exactly known as a cultural destination; it was a beach town. But the Fair \u2013 along with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artbasel.com\/miami-beach?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art Basel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nws.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New World Symphony<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 led the way in changing that. It\u2019s also created this community of readers and thinkers. Personally, it\u2019s allowed me to see some incredible authors speak about their work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tell me about some of the other organizations you\u2019ve supported in Miami.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We were longtime supporters of New World Symphony,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebass.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bass Museum<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 where I sat on the board for a number of years \u2013 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aijustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Americans for Immigrant Justice<\/a>, where I was a board member for a long time. 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It\u2019s about his quest to return to Libya to find out what happened to his father, who disappeared during the Gaddafi regime. It\u2019s really moving. Right now I\u2019m reading something that Mitch Kaplan recommended,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781954118638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Go as a River<\/em><\/a>, by Shelley Read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">She\u2019s presenting that at the Fair this year.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Really? It\u2019s such a great book \u2013 it really pulls you in and immerses you in the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you could have a one-on-one lunch with any author, living or dead, who would they be and what\u2019s something you would ask them?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, that\u2019s an easy one: Maya Angelou. My daughter-in-law, who\u2019s a pediatrician, was a Black history major as an undergrad and Maya Angelou is the person she admired most in the world. 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A longtime Friend, she first learned about the Fair as a patron of Books & Books and \u2013 with just a handful of exceptions \u2013 has attended every year. Married for 63 years, she has three children and two grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h3>What does Miami Book Fair mean to Miami, and what has it brought you personally?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s one of the best events in town. When you have something so terrific and unique, how can you not be there? It\u2019s so nice to be around so many people who love books and who read. You\u2019re with thousands of people who enjoy the same things you do, seeing 400-600 brilliant authors, at an event with a national \u2013 an international \u2013\u00a0reputation. And not only do you see authors you know, but you discover new ones. You walk into a session and you\u2019re listening to someone you\u2019ve never heard of, and all of a sudden you\u2019re totally absorbed, and I think that\u2019s one of the things that continually surprises me \u2013 how many authors I\u2019ve been introduced to by accident at the Fair, who I then start following and reading. The energy of the Fair always excites me; I like poking around there. It\u2019s wonderful!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What are your favorite FOTF benefits?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I like standing in a different line than anybody else [laughs], and I love going to the front of the room to the reserved seats. But what\u2019s really great is that, invariably, you meet people from around the country. You\u2019ll find yourself sitting next to someone from Minneapolis or Chicago, for example, and you start up a conversation about how did you end up here? And you find out that they\u2019re in Miami expressly for the Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think the authors really like being here, too, and being a part of that energy and meeting and socializing with other authors \u2013\u00a0they, too, are in awe of who comes to the Fair. Amor Towles is a friend, and that\u2019s one of the things that he likes so much about coming down \u2013 meeting other authors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>If you don\u2019t mind sharing, how did you come to know him?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We go to the same summer spot; he grew up with my children. My granddaughter is very shy, and when we were there last year I asked my son how she was doing. He said, \u201cYou won\u2019t believe this, but the only person she\u2019s talked to the whole time is Amor.\u201d [laughs] They were both watching tennis, which is a very common thing there, and she was also reading a book at the same time, so he engaged her about it. She had no idea who he was, but when she found out she went straight to the local indie bookstore and bought one of his books.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s an MBF experience that really stands out for you?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twyla Tharp is someone I never would have seen, but I was going to hear the author who was going to be in the room after her. I got there early and thought, well, I\u2019ll just sit down and listen \u2013\u00a0that\u2019s another advantage to being at the Fair \u2013 and I\u2019m so glad I did. She talked about how important it is to move and to continue to move, and then she said that through routine, you build your creativity. Both of those thoughts have stuck with me, and I\u2019ve gone back to them again and again through the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I play tennis at a very high level \u2013 I\u2019m 85 and I\u2019ve been the world champion in my age group the last four times I\u2019ve competed \u2013 and everyone asks me, how do you do it? And I say, you have to keep moving. As soon as you sit down, it\u2019s over. [laughs]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Tell me about your summer reads.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250178633\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Women<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250080400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nightingale<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Kristin Hannah; they\u2019re two of my favorites. Also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780525509486\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt\u2019s Ancient Temples from Destruction<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Lynne Olson and Kate Quinn\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780063144705\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Diamond Eye<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These are all strong women books, so I think there\u2019s a theme here. [laughs] One you\u2019d never guess I would have read is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780593298640\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father\u2019s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, the fourth book I\u2019ve read on him. This man is so unusual that I keep trying to figure out why he does the things he does, which is impossible, obviously. Right now I\u2019m reading <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780671244095\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by David McCullough.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Which MBF 2024 program did you find most engaging?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamibookfaironline.com\/event\/an-evening-with-erik-larson-on-the-demon-of-unrest-a-saga-of-hubris-heartbreak-and-heroism-at-the-dawn-of-the-civil-war\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evenings With session with Erik Larson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I made a real effort to be there and I brought a friend who hadn\u2019t been to the Fair before. 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He writes so well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interview by Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; responses have been edited for space and clarity.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6967,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[903],"class_list":["post-6968","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-friend"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friend of the Month: Donna Fales - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/es\/blog-post\/friend-of-the-month-donna-fales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friend of the Month: Donna Fales - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Donna Fales has lived in Miami since 1969, after relocating from New York City with her husband, Gordon. 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Una familia c\u00e1lida, extrovertida y unida, amante de la literatura y el cine, tambi\u00e9n trabajan juntos: Joshua dirige su empresa hom\u00f3nima <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bratterpa.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bratter PA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> firma de abogados, Samantha es su directora de operaciones y, hasta que se fue a estudiar derecho a principios de este verano, Max se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como asociado de investigaci\u00f3n legal all\u00ed. Recientemente nos sentamos con los tres para hablar sobre por qu\u00e9 la Feria del Libro es tan importante para ellos, tanto personal como individualmente, como personas que llaman hogar a Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129136 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRATTER_PA_LOGO-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Tu familia ha patrocinado sesiones espec\u00edficas con autores del MBF en el pasado, entre los m\u00e1s recientes Henry Winkler, Michael Imperioli junto a Blitz Bazawule, Roz Chast y Malcolm Gladwell. \u00bfPudiste conocer a alguno de esos autores?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JB: S\u00ed, lo tenemos, y en cierto modo es la esencia de la Feria y de Miami misma. Un escaparate internacional de primer nivel, con la oportunidad, extra\u00f1amente normalizada, de cruzarse y charlar<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">con luminarias en sus campos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estaba completamente inmerso en <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Soprano<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cuando me pidieron que presentara a Michael Imperioli para su sesi\u00f3n. Lo conoc\u00eda como Christopher, su personaje en la serie, y apenas comenzaba su papel sin probar en <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loto blanco<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> series. Estaba ojeando libros (detr\u00e1s del escenario) y mi pap\u00e1 y yo entablamos una conversaci\u00f3n sencilla con \u00e9l sobre cu\u00e1nto am\u00e1bamos su trabajo, como admiradores deslumbrados. \u00c9l me pregunt\u00f3 qu\u00e9 pensaba de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blanco<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. De ah\u00ed tuvimos un tipo de conversaci\u00f3n fluida sobre su trabajo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JB: Lo am\u00e9 en <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buenos muchachos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y el de Spike Lee <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebeldes y seguro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, y le pregunt\u00e9 c\u00f3mo era trabajar en esos; sonri\u00f3, sab\u00edamos tanto de su carrera. Y Malcom Gladwell, eso fue simplemente estar en presencia del <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780316017930\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valor at\u00edpico<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00e9l mismo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MB: Es bastante asombroso cuando despejan la sala verde y t\u00fa est\u00e1s ah\u00ed, a punto de presentar a alguien que ha moldeado la forma en que piensa toda una generaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB: Henry Winkler fue el m\u00e1s personal para nosotros. Su representante dijo: \u201cEl Sr. Winkler entrar\u00e1 discretamente, sin fotos, solo subir\u00e1 al escenario\u201d. Pero cuando lleg\u00f3, se acerc\u00f3 a m\u00ed y dijo: \u201cHola, soy Henry. Te pareces a la mam\u00e1 del grupo\u201d. Luego hablamos de todo, desde el bar mitzvah de Max hasta el su\u00e9ter super genial que usaba Winkler. Se tom\u00f3 selfies y luego tom\u00f3 la c\u00e1mara de Max e hizo un video que narr\u00f3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JB: Solo otro de esos momentos intergeneracionales y de conexi\u00f3n en la Feria para nuestra familia. Sam y yo crecimos con \u201cthe Fonz\u201d y a Max y a m\u00ed nos encant\u00f3 en <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arrested Development<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Era tan aut\u00e9ntico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB: Para m\u00ed, Roz Chast fue la vida completando un c\u00edrculo, todos esperamos sus caricaturas en <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El neoyorquino<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crec\u00ed en Manhattan y ella era una fuente de consuelo para m\u00ed con su visi\u00f3n del mundo ir\u00f3nica y torpe. Ella se sent\u00eda inc\u00f3moda con toda la atenci\u00f3n en la Feria; los otros panelistas la veneraban. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ambos est\u00e1n tan interesados \u200b\u200ben la literatura como en el cine. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la mejor adaptaci\u00f3n de libro a pantalla que han visto?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MB: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apocalipsis Ahora<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Acabo de leer a Joseph Conrad <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780143106586\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coraz\u00f3n de las tinieblas<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y estoy tan asombrado por c\u00f3mo Francis Ford Coppola reencontr\u00f3 la narrativa con el tel\u00f3n de fondo de la Guerra de Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JB: Es dif\u00edcil apreciar la visi\u00f3n surrealista que Coppola us\u00f3 para contar esa historia, que generalmente se clasifica como una pel\u00edcula de guerra o de Vietnam, pero es mucho m\u00e1s. A medida que nosotros, como espectadores, descendemos por ese r\u00edo, sigues a los personajes mientras se sumergen en la locura y el terror, al igual que la guerra misma. El \"freestyle\" de Dennis Hopper de \"los hombres huecos\" es tan inesperado. Tambi\u00e9n agregar\u00eda <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780375706677\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No es pa\u00eds para viejos<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Que los hermanos Coen pudieran contar una narrativa tan lineal, tan desapegada de su tono absurdo, e introducir a Javier Bardem como un Anton Chigurh a\u00fan m\u00e1s aterrador, uno de los grandes villanos de todos los tiempos, fue extraordinario.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780385420174\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como agua para chocolate<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> es mi favorito. Lo estudi\u00e9 para mi tesis en la universidad, cuando ya estaba comprometida con Josh. Su madre, una maga culinaria, hab\u00eda comenzado a ense\u00f1arme a cocinar y a amar la comida, y a amar a tu familia a trav\u00e9s de ella. La pel\u00edcula fue tan fiel al libro y tan desoladoramente hermosa.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfCu\u00e1l fue el \u00faltimo gran libro que le\u00edste? \u00bfEst\u00e1s leyendo algo bueno ahora?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MB: He vivido fuera de Miami durante los \u00faltimos siete a\u00f1os y ahora estoy redescubriendo la cultura de la ciudad. Acabo de leer y me encant\u00f3. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780679781806\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> por Joan Didion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250831927\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Todos los pecadores sangran<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> por S.A. Cosby, un noir sure\u00f1o empapado en tantos temas y g\u00e9neros interconectados que casi puedes ver la adaptaci\u00f3n cinematogr\u00e1fica mientras lees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB: Estoy leyendo mitolog\u00eda griega, otra vez. Vuelvo a ella para encontrarle sentido a las cosas a mi alrededor que no tienen sentido. Hay muchas de esas cosas ahora mismo.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Si pudiera tener un almuerzo privado con cualquier autor, vivo o muerto, \u00bfqui\u00e9n ser\u00eda y qu\u00e9 le preguntar\u00eda?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=Jorge%2BLuis%2BBorges\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jorge Luis Borges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, - el maestro argentino del cuento corto, \u00bfes el aleph real?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=Elie%2BWiesel\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elie Wiesel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ya que el mundo necesita m\u00e1s que nunca su voz global del alma, llena de raz\u00f3n, con toda su compasi\u00f3n y brillantez. Y si tuviera el privilegio de almorzar con \u00e9l, simplemente escuchar\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250391230\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Wynn-Williams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00bfC\u00f3mo se puede tener alguna noci\u00f3n de privacidad en este mundo hoy en d\u00eda?<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrevista realizada por Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; las respuestas se han editado por motivos de espacio y claridad.<\/span><\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6966,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[904],"class_list":["post-6965","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sponsor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sponsor Spotlight: The Bratter Family\/Bratter PA - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/es\/blog-post\/sponsor-spotlight-the-bratter-family-bratter-pa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sponsor Spotlight: The Bratter Family\/Bratter PA - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bratters \u2013 Joshua, Samantha, and their son, Max \u2013 have long supported Miami Book Fair and have been attending even longer. 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del Mes: David Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/david-singer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131732\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Singer, un viejo amigo de la feria, creci\u00f3 en gran parte en Riverdale, Nueva York, y lleg\u00f3 al sur de Florida en 1977 para estudiar derecho. \u00c9l y su esposa, Sharon \u2014a quien conoci\u00f3 en una hora feliz en el ya desaparecido Grand Bay Hotel en Coconut Grove\u2014 tienen dos hijos adultos, una hija y un hijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo empezaste a ir a la Feria?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hace unos 40 a\u00f1os, yo era una abogada reci\u00e9n egresada y quer\u00eda participar en actividades comunitarias que reflejaran mis intereses. La lectura era y sigue siendo un gran inter\u00e9s para m\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa la Feria del Libro de Miami para Miami y qu\u00e9 te ha aportado a nivel personal?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>La Feria trae otro aspecto de la riqueza cultural a Miami, y muestra la profundidad intelectual de la ciudad al mundo. Poco sab\u00eda yo, cuando comenc\u00e9 a asistir hace tantos a\u00f1os, que se convertir\u00eda en una de las ferias del libro m\u00e1s respetadas del pa\u00eds. Sharon y yo la esperamos con ansias cada a\u00f1o; nos sentimos estimulados por los oradores y revitalizados al estar entre una comunidad de asistentes curiosos y reflexivos, y f\u00e1cilmente compramos el equivalente a un a\u00f1o de libros cada vez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfCu\u00e1les son tus beneficios favoritos de FOTF?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>La posibilidad de conocer a los autores y charlar con ellos \u2014eso es algo que me encanta\u2014 y sentarme cerca de ellos. Con el paso de los a\u00f1os, poder sentarme en un lugar desde donde pueda ver las caras de los autores es una gran ventaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo suelen ir t\u00fa y Sharon a la Feria del Libro? \u00bfAsisten juntos a las sesiones, siguen sus propias agendas, se re\u00fanen con familiares o amigos?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asistimos a algunas de las mismas presentaciones, pero tambi\u00e9n tenemos nuestros propios intereses y vemos a los autores por separado. Al final de cada s\u00e1bado y domingo de la Feria, tenemos mucho de qu\u00e9 hablar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfCu\u00e1l es una experiencia de MBF que realmente te destaque?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Conocer a los autores mientras firman mis copias de sus libros siempre es emocionante. Afortunadamente, a menudo dedican tiempo a la gente en la Feria; normalmente puedo hacer un par de preguntas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El \u00faltimo gran libro que le\u00ed fue \"Cien a\u00f1os de soledad\" de Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez. Es una obra maestra que te transporta a Macondo, un pueblo m\u00edtico donde la realidad y la fantas\u00eda se entrelazan de manera sublime. La historia de la familia Buend\u00eda, sus amores, sus guerras y sus tragedias a lo largo de varias generaciones, es simplemente fascinante. La prosa de Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez es po\u00e9tica y envolvente, y la forma en que maneja el tiempo y el espacio es magistral.\n\nActualmente, estoy leyendo \"La sombra del viento\" de Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n. Me est\u00e1 gustando mucho, es una historia que combina misterio, romance y una profunda reflexi\u00f3n sobre el poder de los libros y la memoria. La ambientaci\u00f3n en la Barcelona de posguerra es muy v\u00edvida y los personajes est\u00e1n muy bien construidos.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Estoy leyendo <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250104557\"><em>Presidente Carter: Los a\u00f1os en la Casa Blanca<\/em><\/a>, una biograf\u00eda de Jimmy Carter escrita por Stuart Eizenstat, quien trabaj\u00f3 en su administraci\u00f3n. Empez\u00f3 lento, pero est\u00e1 mejorando a medida que la secci\u00f3n en la que estoy comparte muchos detalles internos sobre el proceso legislativo. En otras palabras, c\u00f3mo se hace la salchicha. El \u00faltimo gran libro que le\u00ed es cualquier libro de <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=robert%2Bcaro\">Robert Caro<\/a>, mi autor favorito y, en mi opini\u00f3n, el mejor escritor de no ficci\u00f3n en la historia del idioma ingl\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 actividad del MBF 2024 te pareci\u00f3 m\u00e1s agradable, inspiradora o interesante?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanto para m\u00ed como para mi esposa, fue el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamibookfaironline.com\/event\/an-evening-with-amir-tibon-on-the-gates-of-gaza-a-story-of-betrayal-survival-and-hope-in-israels-borderlands\/\">Tardes con presentaci\u00f3n con Amir Tibon<\/a>. Lo conoc\u00eda como un gran periodista israel\u00ed, pero no sab\u00eda que su familia estaba atrapada dentro del Kibutz Nahal Oz mientras Ham\u00e1s invad\u00eda y masacraba a sus vecinos. Afortunadamente, su esposa e hijos sobrevivieron porque estaban en una habitaci\u00f3n segura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfCu\u00e1l es la mejor adaptaci\u00f3n de libro a pel\u00edcula que has visto, o la peor, y por qu\u00e9?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mi adaptaci\u00f3n de libro favorita es tambi\u00e9n mi pel\u00edcula favorita., <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780679723226\"><em>Doble<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780679723226\"><em>Indemnizaci\u00f3n<\/em><\/a>, escrita en 1936 por James Cain. Pensando en lo peor, hay tantos ejemplos de desastrosos intentos de adaptaciones cinematogr\u00e1ficas. Podr\u00eda enumerar todas las famosas, incluidas <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250352651\"><em>El<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250352651\"><em>La hoguera de las vanidades<\/em><\/a>, pero solo dir\u00e9 que me decepciona que Hollywood no haya hecho una adaptaci\u00f3n realmente buena del libro de Fitzgerald <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780743273565\"><em>El Gran Gatsby<\/em><\/a>, a pesar de que intentan hacerlo cada 20 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Si MBF se te acercara y te dijera: \u201cPatricia, \u00bfa qui\u00e9n te gustar\u00eda m\u00e1s ver en la Feria de este a\u00f1o?\u201d, \u00bfqui\u00e9n ser\u00eda ese autor y qu\u00e9 le preguntar\u00edas?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bueno, creo que es poco probable que la MBF produzca un William Shakespeare en vivo este a\u00f1o, pero, en su lugar, me gustar\u00eda ver a todos los grandes bi\u00f3grafos. Por supuesto Robert Caro, pero tambi\u00e9n <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=Ron%2BChernow\">Ron Chernow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=Doris%2BKearns%2BGoodwin\">Doris Kearns Goodwin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=Eric%2BFoner\">Eric Foner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=Jon%2BMeacham\">Jon Meacham<\/a>, y el infravalorado <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=A.+Scott+Berg\">A. 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All\u00ed, lidera la junta directiva y trabaja en estrecha colaboraci\u00f3n con la directora de la fundaci\u00f3n, Victoria Shahbaz, para cumplir la misi\u00f3n de BBB de cambiar las vidas de madres solteras, al mismo tiempo que desarrolla las futuras oportunidades, desaf\u00edos y elecciones de los ni\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127210 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bbb-logo-300x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfQu\u00e9 los impuls\u00f3 a asociarse con Miami Book Fair? \u00bfC\u00f3mo apoya nuestro trabajo sus objetivos de creaci\u00f3n de comunidad y conexi\u00f3n cultural?<\/h3>\n<p>El nombre de la fundaci\u00f3n, Bam, Libros y Hermandad, lo dice todo. Mientras crec\u00eda, mi mam\u00e1 se enfoc\u00f3 en la educaci\u00f3n antes que en cualquier otra cosa y creo sinceramente que eso me ayud\u00f3 a mantenerme concentrado.<\/p>\n<h3>BBB tambi\u00e9n se ha asociado con MBF a trav\u00e9s de nuestra iniciativa Libros Gratis. \u00bfQu\u00e9 ha sido lo m\u00e1s gratificante de esa colaboraci\u00f3n hasta ahora?<\/h3>\n<p>BA: Poder darle algo a los ni\u00f1os siempre es una bendici\u00f3n, \u00bfy el hecho de que sea educaci\u00f3n? A\u00fan mejor. Como dije, mi madre siempre hizo que la educaci\u00f3n fuera s\u00faper importante en nuestra casa. Pero creo que la mejor parte es saber que al menos un ni\u00f1o tendr\u00e1 suficiente curiosidad al ver mi cara (en recortes a tama\u00f1o real en los estantes de B4F) para tomar un libro. Ah\u00ed es cuando siento que he hecho algo m\u00e1s grande.<\/p>\n<h3>El Better Business Bureau (BBB) de Miami se asocia con una variedad de organizaciones para servir mejor a la comunidad y a las empresas. Estas asociaciones ayudan a ampliar el alcance del BBB, a promover pr\u00e1cticas empresariales \u00e9ticas y a proporcionar recursos valiosos tanto a consumidores como a negocios.\n\nAlgunas de las organizaciones con las que el BBB de Miami se asocia y las razones detr\u00e1s de estas colaboraciones incluyen:\n\n* **C\u00e1maras de Comercio Locales (ej. C\u00e1mara de Comercio de Miami, C\u00e1maras de Comercio de barrios espec\u00edficos):**\n * **Por qu\u00e9:** Las c\u00e1maras de comercio son vitales para conectar con la comunidad empresarial local. Las alianzas con ellas permiten al BBB promocionar sus servicios, educar a las empresas sobre la importancia de la confianza y la integridad, y colaborar en eventos y programas que benefician a las empresas. Tambi\u00e9n ayuda a identificar y reconocer a negocios con altos est\u00e1ndares \u00e9ticos.\n\n* **Asociaciones Civiles y Comunitarias (ej. organizaciones que sirven a grupos demogr\u00e1ficos espec\u00edficos, grupos de defensa del consumidor):**\n * **Por qu\u00e9:** Estas organizaciones ayudan al BBB a llegar a segmentos diversos de la poblaci\u00f3n, asegurando que todos los consumidores tengan acceso a informaci\u00f3n sobre empresas confiables y c\u00f3mo presentar quejas. Las alianzas permiten abordar problemas espec\u00edficos que afectan a ciertas comunidades y promueven la educaci\u00f3n del consumidor a mayor escala.\n\n* **Agencias Gubernamentales (ej. Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor, agencias locales de protecci\u00f3n al consumidor):**\n * **Por qu\u00e9:** Colaborar con agencias gubernamentales fortalece los esfuerzos de protecci\u00f3n al consumidor. Estas asociaciones pueden facilitar el intercambio de informaci\u00f3n sobre fraudes e infracciones, coordinar esfuerzos para resolver disputas y mejorar la aplicaci\u00f3n de las leyes de protecci\u00f3n al consumidor. Permite un enfoque m\u00e1s integral para abordar las quejas y garantizar un mercado justo.\n\n* **Instituciones Educativas (universidades, colegios comunitarios):**\n * **Por qu\u00e9:** Las asociaciones con instituciones educativas pueden centrarse en la educaci\u00f3n de futuros profesionales y consumidores. El BBB puede ofrecer charlas, talleres o pasant\u00edas, promoviendo la \u00e9tica empresarial y la conciencia del consumidor desde una etapa temprana. Esto ayuda a cultivar una cultura de integridad en la fuerza laboral del futuro.\n\n* **Organizaciones sin Fines de Lucro (enfocadas en desarrollo econ\u00f3mico, asistencia a peque\u00f1as empresas, etc.):**\n * **Por qu\u00e9:** Estas alianzas apoyan el ecosistema de peque\u00f1as y medianas empresas en Miami. El BBB puede colaborar en programas que ayudan a las empresas a obtener certificaciones, mejorar sus pr\u00e1cticas operativas y acceder a recursos, todo lo cual contribuye a un crecimiento empresarial sostenible y \u00e9tico.\n\n* **Medios de Comunicaci\u00f3n Locales (peri\u00f3dicos, estaciones de radio, TV, sitios web de noticias):**\n * **Por qu\u00e9:** Los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n son cruciales para difundir informaci\u00f3n sobre el BBB, sus programas, alertas de estafas y consejos para consumidores. Las asociaciones con estas plataformas permiten al BBB llegar a una audiencia amplia y diversa en el \u00e1rea de Miami, aumentando la conciencia p\u00fablica sobre temas de confianza empresarial.\n\nEn resumen, el BBB de Miami se asocia con estas y otras organizaciones para maximizar su impacto. Buscan construir un mercado m\u00e1s confiable y equitativo a trav\u00e9s de la educaci\u00f3n, la concienciaci\u00f3n y la promoci\u00f3n de los m\u00e1s altos est\u00e1ndares \u00e9ticos en los negocios.<\/h3>\n<p>VS: Las alianzas lo son todo dentro de nuestra organizaci\u00f3n. Somos un equipo peque\u00f1o con una gran visi\u00f3n, por lo que poder colaborar con otros para ampliar nuestro alcance es nuestro lema;.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se alinea el trabajo de MBF con tus pensamientos personales sobre el acceso a la cultura literaria?<\/h3>\n<p>BA: Ustedes lo entienden, comprenden que la educaci\u00f3n debe ser accesible para todos. Est\u00e1n logrando que ni\u00f1os como yo cuando crec\u00eda sientan que pueden ser grandes y triunfar; ustedes creen en ellos. Simplemente, al proporcionar las herramientas, y eso es algo peque\u00f1o que va muy lejos. En la fundaci\u00f3n decimos: \u201cagradece por poco y encontrar\u00e1s mucho\u201d. Todo lo que ustedes est\u00e1n haciendo es mi visi\u00f3n, y por eso esta asociaci\u00f3n apenas est\u00e1 comenzando.<\/p>\n<h3>Bam, has hablado con los medios sobre haber sido criado por una madre soltera que enfatiz\u00f3 la importancia cr\u00edtica de la educaci\u00f3n y las dificultades financieras que enfrentaron como familia. \u00bfTuviste acceso a programas similares a \"Libros Gratis\" o a los programas infantiles que ofrece MBF cuando estabas creciendo?<\/h3>\n<p>BA: (Mis amigos y yo) ten\u00edamos bibliotecas p\u00fablicas, y esas realmente ayudaron. Pero si existieran este tipo de bibliotecas independientes, como las que ofrece Books for Free, ciertamente no ten\u00edamos a nadie influyente que nos motivara e inspirara a aprovecharlas. Y m\u00e1s que solo mantener las estanter\u00edas, quiero que los ni\u00f1os sepan que estoy ah\u00ed para ellos, que BBB est\u00e1 ah\u00ed para ellos. Asociarme con MBF es solo una forma en que lo estoy haciendo.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfC\u00f3mo fue la experiencia para ti y tu equipo en la Feria del Libro de Miami 2024?<\/h3>\n<p>VS: Este a\u00f1o no pudimos estar presentes f\u00edsicamente en la feria, pero trabajamos muy, muy de cerca con el equipo para crear ideas \u00fanicas para concientizar sobre la alfabetizaci\u00f3n y hacer que a los ni\u00f1os les pareciera \u201cgenial\u201d querer asistir. Se nos ocurri\u00f3 la idea del boleto dorado, donde estos boletos estaban escondidos dentro de los libros, y eso anim\u00f3 a los ni\u00f1os a abrir, hojear y leer los libros.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfCu\u00e1l es el \u00faltimo gran libro que le\u00edste?<\/h3>\n<p>Buenos Aires <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250290045\"><em>Queridas chicas negras: C\u00f3mo ser fiel a ti misma<\/em><\/a> por la campeona de la WNBA, A'ja Wilson.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfHay alg\u00fan libro que hayas le\u00eddo de ni\u00f1o o adolescente que a\u00fan tenga resonancia para ti?<\/h3>\n<p>CS: <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780062315007\"><em>El Alquimista<\/em><\/a> de Paulo Coelho. Es un libro que le\u00ed en mi adolescencia, juventud y luego una vez m\u00e1s ya de adulto, entendiendo cada vez una perspectiva diferente.<\/p>\n<h3>Si pudieras tener una conversaci\u00f3n uno a uno con cualquier autor, vivo o muerto, \u00bfqui\u00e9n ser\u00eda?<\/h3>\n<p>BA: James Baldwin tendr\u00eda que ganar esta.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nEntrevista realizada por Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; las respuestas se han editado por motivos de espacio y claridad.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6961,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[904],"class_list":["post-6962","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sponsor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sponsor Spotlight: Bam Adebayo & Victoria Shahbaz\/BBB Foundation - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/es\/blog-post\/sponsor-spotlight-bam-adebayo-victoria-shahbaz-bbb-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sponsor Spotlight: Bam Adebayo & Victoria Shahbaz\/BBB Foundation - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Miami Heat center and NBA legend Bam Adebayo has candidly discussed in the press his hardscrabble upbringing and his appreciation for the single mom who instilled within him the importance of hard work and education \u2013\u00a0and that led to him founding the BBB Foundation in 2021. 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She relocated to Puerto Rico to finish high school and attend university before returning to the Magic City in the seventies, and she\u2019s been here ever since. A longtime MBF attendee and Friend of the Fair, she\u2019s also a member of a very active book club and loves to travel.<\/p>\n<h3>How did you first learn about Miami Book Fair?<\/h3>\n<p>I worked in the arts section at the <em>Miami Herald<\/em>, so I and the rest of the staff were very aware of anything going on locally, culture-wise. That was the time when everything was happening downtown \u2013 Book Fair, the ballet, the film festival, the art museum. It was a very exciting time for the city.<\/p>\n<h3>That\u2019s a nice segue to my next question: Thinking about what downtown Miami used to be and what the perception of Miami was in general for folks who didn\u2019t live here, what do you think the Fair has brought to the city and what has it brought to you personally?<\/h3>\n<p>A seat at the global cultural table. Through the Fair and the other institutions I mentioned, Miami came into its own culturally. To me, the Fair is just like Christmas but every November. [laughs] I just love it \u2013 it\u2019s a wonderful way to connect with people and you get to see so many authors that you\u2019ve read and never would have thought you\u2019d see in person or exchange words with. But I think one of the most important things the Fair does is its work for the children in our community. I\u2019m always impressed by that side of it, and how it brings literature to life for kids as a real, living thing and not some schooltime drudgery.<\/p>\n<h3>What are your favorite FOTF benefits?<\/h3>\n<p>Getting good seats at Chapman! [laughs] That and being able to see the schedule ahead of time. The year-round FOTF author events and receptions are really great, too. I took my whole book club to see Mary Morris earlier this month.<\/p>\n<h3>How do you Book Fair \u2013 solo or with family or friends?<\/h3>\n<p>The answer to that is yes! [both laugh]<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s an MBF moment or experience that really stands out for you?<\/h3>\n<p>One year I had a friend from out of town visiting, in part to see Ben Fountain, who was a student of hers at UNC. He was appearing on a panel with Madison Smartt Bell and somehow or another we all ended up talking afterward. And before I knew it, we were all at my house having an impromptu dinner party.<\/p>\n<h3>That\u2019s so cool!<\/h3>\n<p>Yves Colon, the journalist, and his wife, Melissa, also came. It was great!<\/p>\n<h3>You\u2019re a Friend, you support the Fair, and you\u2019re in a book club, so I know you read a lot of good books. What\u2019s a recent one?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780593798430\"><em>The Correspondent<\/em><\/a> by Virginia Evans. I\u2019m 75, and while I love to read books about young people, I also like to read about people of my generation and there aren\u2019t many out there. The book is about a seventysomething woman named Sybil who corresponds with all kinds of people throughout her life, including Joan Didion, who writes back. I was really charmed by it. Up next is a memoir by Gayle Young, a friend of a friend who was a bureau chief for CNN in Cairo \u2013\u00a0I actually visited her when I was there. It just came out and it\u2019s called <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781954805828\"><em>Update: Reporting From an Ancient Land<\/em><\/a>. I\u2019m also looking forward to Anne Berest\u2019s new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9798889660897\"><em>Gabri\u00eble<\/em><\/a>, which she wrote with her sister Claire. That one is about their great-grandmother Gabriele Buffet-Picabia, who was married to the French artist Francis Picabia.<\/p>\n<h3>Which MBF 2024 program did you find most engaging?<\/h3>\n<p>You know I can\u2019t remember if it was last year or the year before, but I still think about a panel of four young Latinos from Miami who spoke about the future of the city, and one of them, Andrew Otazo \u2013\u00a0he wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BV43LG43?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_T28QXDWF5262ZJNZ8KZJ\"><em>The Miami Creation Myth<\/em><\/a> \u2013 was there and he was dressed as a croqueta. [both laugh] When I got there and saw that I thought to myself, <em>This is going to be terrible!<\/em> But it was the most interesting and smart conversation. It was great to hear these young people talk about Miami and share their perspectives.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s the best book-to-screen adaptation you\u2019ve seen and why?<\/h3>\n<p>Any Merchant Ivory film from the eighties or nineties, like A <em>Room wIth a View<\/em> or <em>The<\/em> <em>Remains of the Day<\/em>. Those movies and the books they\u2019re adapted from just transport you. You never left the theater disappointed after seeing them and they made you want to read those books again.<\/p>\n<h3>If MBF came to you and said, \u201cWho do you most want to see at this year\u2019s Fair?\u201d who would that author be and what would you ask them?<\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s a Chilean writer named Benjamin Labatut who wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780593654491\"><em>The Maniac<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781681375663\"><em>When We Cease to Understand the World<\/em><\/a>. They explore either the birth of AI, AI, or quantum physics. He tells the most brilliant, interesting stories, and I\u2019d ask him how he walks that fine line between fiction \u2013\u00a0which he does \u2013\u00a0and real people, which he uses in his novels to discuss very complicated issues in very approachable terms.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nInterview by Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; responses have been edited for space and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6960,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[903],"class_list":["post-6959","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-friend"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friend of the Month: Ileana Oroza - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/es\/blog-post\/friend-of-the-month-ileana-oroza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friend of the Month: Ileana Oroza - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ileana Oroza came to the United States from Cuba in 1961 to live with family in Miami as part of Operaci\u00f3n Peter Pan. 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[laughs] Reza Aslan is another one; he gave one of the best presentations I\u2019ve ever seen. He made the observation that anytime you have significant progress forward there\u2019s always going to be a reaction, and that helps me understand what\u2019s going on today. I remember Walter Isaacson said during a presentation that innovation is the intersection of art and science, and I think that\u2019s such a cool way to capture the concept. And then there\u2019s Dave Barry and Carl Hiaasen. No matter how crappy the world is, Dave Barry makes me laugh.<\/p>\n<h3>You and your wife do your best to make it back every year for the Fair \u2013 what are some of the benefits you most enjoy?<\/h3>\n<p>Sitting near the front. The older I get, the more my hearing and eyesight suck! [laughs] Sandra adores the Hospitality Lounge.<\/p>\n<h3>Tell me about a singular moment or experience you\u2019ve had at the Fair.<\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s several, with one being meeting Pat Conroy; that was marvelous. Another is seeing the National Book Award winners. When the Fair started bringing them here it was just off the charts \u2013 that MBF is\u00a0 able to bring that level of talent en masse to Miami just two days after the awards are announced is incredible.<\/p>\n<h3>You\u2019ve established a book fair yourself in North Carolina called Greensboro Bound \u2013 tell me about that.<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, I\u2019m one of the founders; we kind of modeled <a href=\"https:\/\/greensborobound.com\/festival\/\">Greensboro Bound<\/a> after MBF but it\u2019s held in May. I was at the Fair the year before our first one, waiting for a presentation to start and talking on the phone with our indie bookseller \u2013 he\u2019s our Mitchell Kaplan counterpart \u2013 and he told me that we had gotten a yes from Carmen Maria Machado as our keynote. I was so excited that I yelled out, \u201cWe got Carmen Maria Machado?!?\u201d And a woman a few rows in front of me turned around and said, \u201cI\u2019m Carmen Maria Machado.\u201d [laughs] That was so cool.<\/p>\n<h3>That\u2019s so funny! Is Greensboro Bound solely an annual thing, or do you also offer year-round programming?<\/h3>\n<p>We also do year-round programming, for kids and adults. We\u2019ve got a great in-school program where we bring recorded author conversations into the classroom and combine those with books and lesson plans. It\u2019s an optional thing for the county\u2019s school libraries, and we\u2019ve found that the ones that participate have seen circulation rates jump to 84% higher than the rates of the schools that don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h3>Wow!<\/h3>\n<p>Yeah, the theory is that the kids are falling in love with a genre or a specific author they\u2019ve seen, and then they start looking for and checking out more books in that genre or by that author.<\/p>\n<h3>Speaking of falling in love with books, what\u2019s the last great book that you read?<\/h3>\n<p>Two recent ones have really impressed me. One was a middle grade book, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780545880831\"><em>Refugee<\/em><\/a> by Alan Gratz. We were trying to get it into the school program. I was amazed by it for two reasons: one, it was a really tight, four-story interconnected tale and he did it with limited vocabulary. 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Proud parents of two adult daughters, they\u2019ve supported Miami Book Fair for years, both personally and through his firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bergersingerman.com\/\">Berger Singerman LLP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-131355 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Berger-Singerman-Law-300x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Your family funds Miami Book Fair individually and through Paul\u2019s firm. Can you tell me what drives the latter\u2019s support?<\/h3>\n<p>I can\u2019t speak as an official spokesperson of the firm, but I do know that it\u2019s committed to supporting organizations that make a positive impact in our communities. Miami Book Fair does that through its focus on literacy, cultural programming, and community engagement, and the partnership between the Fair and Berger Singerman reflects shared values around education, access, and the importance of diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n<h3>What do you think Miami Book Fair has brought to the community as a whole?<\/h3>\n<p>When we moved here we lived in the Atlantis building, which was seen in the opening credits of <em>Miami Vice<\/em>. That was the year that the cover of <em>Time<\/em> magazine ran the \u201cParadise Lost\u201d story, about all the drug use here and how fraught Miami was at the time. So the vision of the city was either sun-soaked parties or drug-infested streets. Without the establishment of cultural and intellectual institutions like Book Far, those would have remained the only two impressions people had. We needed legitimacy \u2013 and Book Fair and other entities like it were the beginning of Miami becoming an actual city.<\/p>\n<p>At Berger Singerman, I think the Fair is seen as an important part of the city\u2019s cultural landscape and a way to support education and the arts locally. As parents, Paul and I brought our daughters to the Fair when they were kids, and what I really loved about it was that it made books accessible and fun, and made reading part of an event rather than a solitary endeavor.<\/p>\n<h3>Tell me about some of the other organizations you support in Miami.<\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re big supporters of Mount Sinai Hospital, Temple Beth Shalom, the University of Miami, and the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery. We\u2019ve also been big supporters of Camillus House. Paul and I are both very interested in the intersection of mindfulness and mental health, and mental health and homelessness.<\/p>\n<h3>How does Miami Book Fair\u2019s mission align with your own thoughts on access to literary culture?<\/h3>\n<p>Again, it makes a solitary thing into a group experience. Book Fair gives you a peer group and celebrates the joys of reading, of books, and of thinking, and the authors you present bring world-class intellectual discussions to Miami.<\/p>\n<h3>Is there a book you read as a child or teenager that still holds resonance for you?<\/h3>\n<p>Not a lot of people know this, but there\u2019s an entire series of Mary Poppins books, not just one, and they are wonderful. There\u2019s a story from the second book that I still tell today. I also think the Fairy Books by Andrew Lang are fantastic. I read them as a child and then read them to my daughters when they were children.<\/p>\n<h3>Are you reading anything good right now?<\/h3>\n<p>Always! [laughs] I just finished <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780593862735\"><em>James<\/em><\/a> by Percival Everett; it was really thought-provoking. And I also recently read <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781639888443\"><em>The Evil Inclination<\/em><\/a> by Daniel Victor. What a fabulous book. Our stepsister is a Broadway actress and she narrated it for Audible and she\u2019s so good!<\/p>\n<h3>If you could have a one-on-one lunch with any author, living or dead, who would they be and what would you ask them?<\/h3>\n<p>Can I have more than one? [laughs]<\/p>\n<h3>Yes, you can. [laughs]<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019d love to sit down with Bren\u00e9 Brown. I think she\u2019s incredible. And Sylvia Boorstein, too.<\/p>\n<h3>What would you ask them?<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019d ask Bren\u00e9 Brown about her current thoughts on the meaning of life. She\u2019s always reinventing things and looking at things from a different perspective. And Sylvia Boorstein \u2013 we\u2019ve tried to bring her to Miami but she\u2019s older now and doesn\u2019t travel anymore \u2013 I\u2019d love to know what she\u2019s thinking as she is in her twilight era. So, I\u2019d ask Bren\u00e9 what to think about going forward and Sylvia what to think about looking back.<\/p>\n<h3>That\u2019s a nice bookend to your profile, no pun intended. 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