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After growing up and attending university in Illinois \u2013 where she met her now-husband as a student \u2013\u00a0Mary Tweedy spent a year in Orlando as a young married before coming to Miami in 1974. A retired educator and curriculum support and development specialist, she continues to work with Miami-Dade Public Schools as a consultant-liaison for EduSmart<\/a>, an online science program used by the district for grades 4, 5, and 8. She\u2019s been attending Miami Book Fair for 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You were a teacher for 45 years, and after retiring from the district you\u2019ve continued to support students and educators. Tell me a bit about that.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My work at the school system was really satisfying, and now that I\u2019m consulting for EduSmart I still have interactions with so many teachers \u2013 some who were my own students! \u2013 and I\u2019m still doing professional development with them. I\u2019m also an officer of the Dade County Science Teachers\u2019 Association<\/a>, and at our annual banquet I often see teachers I\u2019ve worked with and supported over the years, and many of them talk about what they got out of the professional development they\u2019ve received from me. It\u2019s rewarding to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve been in Miami since 1974 \u2013 how did you find out about the Fair?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Through the Miami Herald<\/em>. We got the paper delivered every day \u2013 still do \u2013 and I read about it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long have you been a Friend?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At least 10 years \u2013  I love being able to get tickets ahead of time and getting into the room early, but the best thing is being seated up front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Fair was in 1984, when downtown Miami looked a lot different.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I remember having to drive down to the placement office for my interview when I first got here \u2013 in a Pinto! [laughs] \u2013 and being scared to death that the car would break down and I\u2019d be stranded there. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole area has been completely transformed, in part due to the Fair. What do you think it\u2019s brought to the city?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of great things to do in Miami and a lot of them cost a lot of money, but the Fair doesn\u2019t. It’s a fantastic annual event with a very inexpensive entrance fee for people of all ages and backgrounds to come together to share a love of books and reading. It\u2019s so affordable to spend a day there \u2013 kids under 12 get in free! And it provides so many different experiences that build community. I think Miami Book Fair is just fabulous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I worked at the department of science downtown \u2013 all the curriculum departments are there \u2013 I\u2019d get so jealous when the language arts people came back from the classroom visits the Fair had arranged and tell us about the fun they\u2019d had meeting the authors. [laughs] And then on Friday you bring all these kids to the Fair! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s part of the Generation Genius Authors program, where the kids get to meet the authors and also go to Children\u2019s Alley.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Fair\u2019s fantastic. I always try to get to one or two programs during the week, and then I\u2019m there all weekend. Last year my daughter and a friend came with me on Saturday, and my son came with me on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there one program from the 2025 Fair that really stands out for you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hands down, Dave Barry<\/a> and Carl Hiaasen<\/a>. I\u2019ve been reading both of them since their days at the Herald<\/em>, and they write such smart, funny, irreverent stories that confront the absurdity of the times we\u2019re in. I search the program guide every year to see if they\u2019re coming back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinking about all the Fairs you\u2019ve attended, who\u2019s the author who most affected you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pat Conroy<\/a>. I remember being so captivated by him \u2013 he was such a master storyteller \u2013 as he talked about the influence of his mother and how she was the person who led him to a love of reading and literature and writing. And that those things in turn helped him overcome his family\u2019s dysfunction and his personal struggles, and how those experiences shaped the narratives of his books. He really moved me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was your favorite book when you were a kid?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Beezus and Ramona<\/em><\/a> by Beverly Cleary<\/a>, about a 9-year-old Beezus struggling to get along with her younger sister, Ramona. But as a teacher, I discovered she\u2019d written a whole series focused on Ramona, and that\u2019s when I found my real favorite: Ramona Quimby, Age 8<\/em><\/a>. I was teaching third grade at the time and because in the book Ramona is in third grade, too, I made sure to always have a copy of it in my classroom library and to open the school year with a read-aloud of the book. All of Cleary\u2019s books are wonderful; she created so many relatable, humorous, and realistic stories about children\u2019s lives that are still relevant today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name an author you\u2019d love to see at this year\u2019s Fair.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ann Patchett<\/a>. She has a new book out called Whistler<\/em><\/a>, and I read somewhere that it\u2019s written in a different style than her previous books. I\u2019d love to ask her what made her change things up for this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview by Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; responses have been edited for space and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mwa a: Kathy MacKay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-friend-july.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kathy MacKay te pase pif\u00f2 nan lavi li nan New Hampshire anvan li te vin nan Sid Florid nan fen ane 2020 ak mari li, pou l te rejwenn yon s\u00e8 ak de fr\u00e8 ki te gentan tabli yo isit la. Yon ansyen fotograf pou lapr\u00e8s, jodi a li eksprime kreyativite li sitou atrav\u00e8 Substack li a., <a href=\"https:\/\/kathysewardmackay.substack.com\/\">\u201cRankont Estetik: Sou Ekriti ak Atizay\u201d<\/a> epi li ap travay di tou sou yon memwa sou lanm\u00f2 premye mari li \u2013 ak pi gwo istwa ki d\u00e8y\u00e8 sa. Li se yon Zanmi depi 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Di m sou liv ou a. Ou ap travay sou li depi lontan.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depi 2018, l\u00e8 mwen te ekri premye chapit mwen. Li pale de premye mari mwen. Li te yon emofilik ki mouri an 1997 apre li te kontrakte VIH ak epatit C nan pwodwi san kontamine pandan premye ane pandemi SIDA a. Founiti san kontamine sa a te fini pa touye d\u00e8 diz\u00e8n de milye moun, e m ap rakonte pi gwo verite sa a atrav\u00e8 naratif maryaj mwen ak sa k te rive fanmi nou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sa se anpil.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li te vr\u00e8man konplike pou m ekri l. Apre li mouri, mwen te k\u00f2manse vwayaje atrav\u00e8 peyi a pou m pran foto viktim yo ak manm fanmi ki te siviv yo, de tan zan tan pandan anviwon sis an, e mwen te f\u00e8 yon liv av\u00e8k sa pou yon ti mezon edisyon nan New Hampshire an 2004. Men istwa a pa t sispann tounen nan t\u00e8t mwen \u2013 mwen te kite l pou plizy\u00e8 ane, epi an 2018, l\u00e8 m reyalize mwen te gen yon istwa pwofon pa m pou m rakonte, mwen depoze kamera a epi m pran plim nan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ou gen de pitit gason ki kounye a nan trant\u00e8n yo men ki te tr\u00e8 j\u00e8n l\u00e8 papa yo te mouri. Ki reyaksyon yo te genyen sou liv la?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yo toulede tr\u00e8 sip\u00f2tan; mwen panse yo fy\u00e8 de sa m ap f\u00e8. Mwen poko montre yo anyen nan sa m ekri a, e mwen s\u00e8ten k\u00e8k ladan l ap difisil pou yo asimile. Moun gen defo, pa vre? Kidonk, m ap ekri ak tout defo mwen yo ansanm ak tout defo papa yo, k\u00f2m yon pati nan rezon ki f\u00e8 nou te jere s\u00e8ten sitiyasyon jan nou te f\u00e8 l la.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c8ske ou gen yon ajan deja?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se sa plan an ye. Mwen kominike ak twa oswa kat moun jiskaprezan, e mwen ap travay ak yon k\u00f2tch pou liv\/edit\u00e8 devlopman; li te enestimab. Mwen f\u00e8 pati de gwoup ekriti tou, e mwen te f\u00e8 k\u00e8k atelye tou \u2013 mwen swete mwen te konnen sou atelye yo te ofri nan Fwa Liv la l\u00e8 sa a!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki l\u00e8 ou te aprann pou premye fwa sou Fwa a?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mwen te la an 2019 pou m te vizite yon tonton, epi nou te f\u00e8 yon ti mache pou n al nan Books & Books. Mwen te tonbe damou ak magazen an ak tout anbyans li imedyatman. Mitchell Kaplan te vin di bonjou \u2013 tonton mwen te yon figi li te konnen \u2013 e l\u00e8 mwen te demenaje la an 2020, mwen te enskri pou bilten B&B la, e se la mwen te aprann sou Fwa a ak \u00f2ganizasyon Miami Book Fair la.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki sa ou panse Fwa a vle di pou Miami?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fwa a vr\u00e8man kontribye nan kominote atizay la an jeneral isit la. Youn nan bagay mwen te premye tonbe damou av\u00e8 l se ke anpil pwogram ou ofri yo gratis pou piblik la, e mwen vr\u00e8man apresye ef\u00f2 ou f\u00e8 pou rive jwenn j\u00e8n lekt\u00e8 yo ak bagay tankou <a href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/ht\/program\/speak-up-teen-creative-writing-and-performance-program\/\">Pale F\u00f2<\/a>. E k\u00f2m yon ekriven, mwen vle pwofite pwogram ou genyen pou granmoun yo, tankou <a href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/ht\/program\/first-draft\/\">Premye bouyon<\/a> \u2013 Mwen enskri pou sa k ap f\u00e8t an me a av\u00e8k <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiennejosaphat.com\/\">Fabienne Josaphat<\/a> e mwen te t\u00e8lman eksite! Mwen te deja rankontre li anvan; li se yon pwofes\u00e8 pasyone ak yon bon moun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ou te vin yon Zanmi apre premye Fwa ou an 2023 \u2013 ki k\u00e8k nan avantaj ou pi apresye yo?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liy ki pi kout, chita ak priyorite, ak chans pou rankontre l\u00f2t zanmi ak anplwaye Fair la. Epi pri tik\u00e8 a rab\u00e8 pou <a href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/ht\/nextpage\/\">Pwochen paj: Dine<\/a> \u2013 Mwen te chita pale ak Zara Chowdary, ki te ekri memwa a. <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780593727430\"><em>Moun ki gen chans yo<\/em><\/a>; Sa te yon plezi. Mwen te soum\u00e8t yon \u00f2f e mwen te genyen yon sesyon lekti manyiskri ak Rachel Kahan nan William Morrow\/HarperCollins pandan vant silansye a. Li revize 50 premye paj mwen yo epi nou te gen yon sesyon kesyon-repons 30 minit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>K\u00f2man sa te pase?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retou a te vini nan yon moman ki te enp\u00f2tan anpil pou mwen, e li te f\u00e8 anpil konpliman sou ekriti a, istwa a, ak potansy\u00e8l li pou vann, si ekzekisyon an la. Se te yon gwo eksitasyon, ak yon eksperyans mwen pa t atann mwen te f\u00e8 s\u00e8lman paske m te patisipe nan Next Page. Sa se yon l\u00f2t b\u00e8l bagay nan Fwa a, koneksyon ou f\u00e8 yo ak relasyon ki devlope. Se youn nan bagay mwen panse anpil l\u00e8 m ap panse ak Fwa a \u2013 gen tout ti moman eksperyans sa yo ki kreye yon ef\u00e8 vag pr\u00e8ske.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki eksperyans MBF ki vr\u00e8man kanpe dey\u00f2 pou ou?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W\u00e8 Patti Smith an 2024 te etonan. Li te fasinan tande istwa li, e nan yon moman li te kanpe epi li te k\u00f2manse chante "Because the Night," epi tout sal la te rantre nan chante. Se te jis yon b\u00e8l moman inite espontan\u00e8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki pwogram MBF 2025 ou te jwenn ki pi enteresan?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mari mwen ak mwen te vr\u00e8man pran plezi w\u00e8 Tracy K. Smith ak Naomi Shihab Nye ane pase, men youn nan sesyon ki te vr\u00e8man touche m, espesyalman k\u00f2m yon ansyen jounalis, se te l\u00e8 Gilbert King t ap pale sou <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781250368546\"><em>Bone Valley: Yon Istwa Vr\u00e8 sou Enjistis ak Redanmsyon nan K\u00e8 Florid<\/em><\/a>. Li te prezante sij\u00e8 liv la, Leo Schofield, e sa te yon apw\u00f2ch vr\u00e8man enteresan pou w\u00e8 ale-vini ant ekriven an ak p\u00e8sonaj la nan lavi rey\u00e8l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki twa ot\u00e8 ou ta chwazi pou yo nan klib liv imajin\u00e8 ou a?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Picoult%2C%20Jodi\">Jodi Picoult<\/a>, paske li t\u00e8lman briyan nan diskite sou t\u00e8m moral ak etik, ki pa janm sij\u00e8 ki fasil; <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Makkai%2C%20Rebecca\">Rebecca Makkai<\/a>, paske m renmen fason li analize yon istwa \u2013 m enskri sou Substack li a; epi, si mari m ap vin jwenn nou, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Towles%2C%20Amor\">Amor Towles<\/a>, paske li di li gen yon p\u00e8spektiv inik sou rakonte istwa. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ent\u00e8vyou pa Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; repons yo te modifye pou espas ak kl\u00e8ti.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":39297,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[903],"class_list":["post-39296","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-friend"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friend of the Month: Kathy MacKay - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ht_HT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friend of the Month: Kathy MacKay - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kathy MacKay spent most of her life in New Hampshire before coming to South Florida in late 2020 with her husband, joining a sister and two brothers who\u2019d already settled here. 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Mwa a: Tim Minerd"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tim Minerd, ki f\u00e8t e ki grandi nan Virginia, te pase d\u00e8nye 10 ane yo k\u00f2m yon New York\u00e8 anvan yon op\u00f2tinite kary\u00e8 mennen li nan Miami, kote li te rankontre kounye a mari li, Davis, nan yon lig kickball pou gason omoseksy\u00e8l. Koup la ap viv nan South Beach ak de chen miks yo te sove, Atticus ak Scout. Mwen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mwen konprann ou te vin yon zanmi l\u00e8 yon moun te ba ou yon manm. \u00c8ske ou te konnen sou Fwa a anvan sa?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wi, mwen te li sou Fwa a nan <em>Miami New Times<\/em> Men mwen pa t janm genyen l jiskaske mwen te resevwa yon ab\u00f2nman k\u00f2m kado. Pi bon kado ki janm genyen. Seryezman, si ou gen yon moun ki renmen liv nan lavi ou, mwen pa ka panse yon kado ki pi atantif pase yon ab\u00f2nman ak yon liv li pi renmen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kisa ou panse Fwa a pote pou Miami?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mwen renmen ke li rasanble moun Miami ki soti nan tout kalite lavi ansanm nan yon fason nou pa w\u00e8 souvan pi lwen pase ti fen\u00e8t lokal nou an. Malgre gwos\u00e8 li, Fwa a sanble yon ev\u00e8nman pou moun lokal yo menm jan li ye pou tout gwo non yo ak fanatik liv ki soti toupatou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ou te ogmante nivo manm ou ane pase \u2013 kisa ki te mennen ou pran desizyon sa a?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imedyatman apre mwen te vin yon Zanmi, mwen te santi tankou mwen te antre nan pi bon, pi briyan, ak pi akeyan gwoup moun nan Miami. Mwen s\u00f2ti New York City (wi, youn nan yo) e mwen te panse Miami se te tout sou klib manm eksklizif, ki pa ditou bagay mwen. Mwen plis yon <em>Medam an l\u00f2<\/em> \u201cYon n\u00e8g ki di "m\u00e8si paske ou se yon zanmi". Kidonk, mwen jwenn moun pa m!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gen anpil b\u00e8l avantaj l\u00e8 w se yon Zanmi \u2013 kiy\u00e8s ladan yo ou pi renmen?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zanmi yo vr\u00e8man amizan \u2013 seryezman, ou rankontre anpil moun ekstra\u00f2din\u00e8! Epi ak tik\u00e8 siplemant\u00e8 pou pataje, mwen te kapab envite zanmi m yo nan sesyon Evenings With ak l\u00f2t ev\u00e8nman espesyal. Se yon b\u00e8l fason pou prezante nouvo moun nan Fwa a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Di m sou yon moman oswa yon eksperyans MBF ki vr\u00e8man kanpe dey\u00f2 pou ou.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ede <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookleggerslibrary.com\/\">Kontrebandye liv<\/a> Repatisye d\u00e8 milye de liv gratis ki te bay k\u00f2m don. Mwen se yon volont\u00e8 nan boutik la \u2013 li sitiye nan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bacfl.org\/\">Konpl\u00e8ks Atistik Bakehouse<\/a>; vin w\u00e8 nou! \u2013 e se te t\u00e8lman fre pou nou te ka pote nou an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookleggerslibrary.com\/bookleggers-library-trailer\">Bann Anons Vwayaj\u00e8<\/a> nan Fwa a. S\u00e8l bagay ki pi bon pase yon bon liv se yon gratis<em> <\/em>bon liv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki d\u00e8nye gwo liv ou te li? \u00c8ske w ap li yon bon liv kounye a?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mwen f\u00e8k relis <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780544336261\"><em>Donat\u00e8 a<\/em><\/a> pa Lois Lowry \u2013 kopi a ki gen tout n\u00f2t mwen te pran pandan m te nan lek\u00f2l mwayen sou b\u00f2 paj yo. Li vr\u00e8man enteresan e amizan pou w rel\u00e8kt\u00e8 liv pou j\u00e8n adilt k\u00f2m yon adilt epi reflechi sou ki kalite enpak yo te genyen sou lavi w. <em>Donat\u00e8 a <\/em>Li te anseye m empa\u00adti, lang ki pi difisil pou aprann. Mwen gen chans mwen te aprann li depi mwen te j\u00e8n, an gran pati gras a Lowry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kounye a m ap li memwa Barry Diller la., <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781668096871\"><em>Kiy\u00e8s ki te konnen<\/em><\/a>. On\u00e8tman, mwen swete liv sa a te ekri l\u00e8 m te pi j\u00e8n. Konnen ke yon magnat medya ki te gen anpil siks\u00e8 te tou se yon omoseksy\u00e8l an kach\u00e8t ta ban mwen plis konfyans ak kouraj nan mond lan. E kounye a m ap aprann ke li te vr\u00e8man yon pyonye pandan tout tan sa a. Jan tit la sijere, kiy\u00e8s ki te konnen? Se yon memwa ki vr\u00e8man enspire e mwen espere li rive jwenn yon odyans laj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki pwogram MBF 2025 ou te jwenn ki pi agreyab?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mizik an dir\u00e8k la, kw\u00e8 sa ou vle. Li te t\u00e8lman b\u00e8l pou m chita ak yon nouvo liv ak nouvo zanmi epi jwi tout p\u00e8f\u00f2mans an dir\u00e8k pandan m t ap li ant yo. Mwen pa t atann m t ap danse nan Fwa a, men se sa k te pase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki adaptasyon liv sou ekran ou pi renmen, e poukisa?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>San konprann<\/em>. Lef\u00e8t ke li literalman se yon adaptasyon de <em>Emma <\/em>Sa toujou sezi m. Li t\u00e8lman entelijan, epi li toujou fid\u00e8l ak orijinal la. Jane Austen te kl\u00e8man devan ep\u00f2k li, oswa li jis san tan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ouvri yon liv oswa mete kas ekout\u00e8 w?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u00e8 m ouvri yon liv, de preferans sou plaj la. Mwen espesyalman renmen liv dezy\u00e8m men \u2013 si gen yon dedikasyon oswa pet\u00e8t k\u00e8k n\u00f2t, oswa menm jis paj yon lekt\u00e8 anvan te make \u2013 mwen peye atansyon. 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Limy\u00e8 sou Patwone: Lydia Lopez\/Sist\u00e8m Bibliyot\u00e8k Piblik Miami-Dade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-june2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"80\" class=\"wp-image-26374\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MIAMI-DADE-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SYSTEM.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lifelong South Floridian and second-generation Miamian Lydia Lopez was recently named director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpls.org\/\">Miami-Dade Public Library System<\/a>, which she joined in 2020 as its legislative and municipal affairs manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What compelled M-DPLS to partner with Miami Book Fair \u2013 how does our work support your community-building and cultural connection goals?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a no-brainer! [laughs] The library has been supporting the Fair since 2018, and was one of the founding partners of Books on the Bay, which of course became Miami Book Fair. The partnership strengthens our connection and engagement with Miami-Dade\u2019s literary community; supports our shared love of books and storytelling; helps us to highlight our programs, services, and local author series; and provides a fantastic outreach opportunity to connect book lovers with the library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can people actually sign up for library cards at the Fair?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, we usually bring either a <a href=\"https:\/\/mdpls.org\/mobile-library\">bookmobile or one of our technobuses<\/a> with us and invite people in and try to share as much as we can \u2013 because we offer so much and have a limited time on-site \u2013 and sign them up for library cards to get them using their local libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do you think Miami Book Fair has brought to the community?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s brought life and passion to downtown Miami and Miami in general. Downtown wasn\u2019t somewhere you went to intentionally back when Book Fair started, but now people rush to spend time there during the Fair. It\u2019s also brought some amazing national and international authors to Miami-Dade, as well as homegrown authors, like <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Hiaasen%2C%20Carl\">Carl Hiaasen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Barry%2C%20Dave\">Dave Barry<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Blume%2C%20Judy\">Judy Blume<\/a> \u2013 who lives down the street in Key West \u2013 and also our poets, including <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Tallman%2C%20Nicole\">Nicole Tallman<\/a>, the county\u2019s third poet laureate. So we\u2019re excited about everything you do and how it complements what we offer at the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tell me about some of the other organizations the library partners with.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We partner with just about everybody! On the literary front, we partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechildrenstrust.org\/\">The Children\u2019s Trust<\/a> on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechildrenstrust.org\/events\/ready-set-go\/\">READy, Set, Go<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechildrenstrust.org\/about-us\/what-we-fund\/book-club\/\">Book Club<\/a> programs, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcmdm.org\/\">Early Learning Coalition<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mdpls.org\/early-literacy\">Talk, Read, Sing<\/a> story time program, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upliftliteracy.org\/\">Uplift Literacy<\/a>, which offers literacy skills to children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How does our work align with your personal thoughts on access to literary culture?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does so excellently \u2013 you deliver programs that provide residents with access to voices from across the globe and you offer something for everyone, which is magical! You have fantastic programs, but I do wish Book Fair wasn\u2019t in November because you\u2019re competing with my turkey prep for Thanksgiving [laughs]. I\u2019ll be sitting and waiting for a program to start at the Fair and working on my grocery list of all the things I have to shop for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s an MBF moment that still resonates with you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any one thing in particular \u2013 it\u2019s just a feeling of joy that I get when listening to authors talk about their experiences and how they see the world. Even if you haven\u2019t read their book, they always offer some insight or observation that you take away with you and share with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are you reading right now?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m listening to Jill Lepore\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781631496080\"><em>We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution<\/em><\/a>, which is part of the mayor\u2019s America250 reading list. That\u2019s a 29-hour listen, so I\u2019m still in the middle of that. But there\u2019s been a few good ones that I recently read, including <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781982112820\"><em>My Friends<\/em><\/a> by Fredrik Backman, which I really liked. It\u2019s about the power of connection and the friendships that you make. It was laugh-out-loud funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did you have a favorite book as a child or young adult?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780064400558\"><em>Charlotte\u2019s Web<\/em><\/a>, because you have the nurturing spider sharing what she knew and helping the poor little pig get through it. 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She shares her book recommendations and musings on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shereadswithwine\/\">@shereadswithwine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You haven\u2019t been here long \u2013 how do you like Miami?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, I love Miami! I visited many, many times before moving here \u2013 my mother was living here and my sister and her family are here, too. I\u2019ve got a great bunch of nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What have you been up to since coming here \u2013 are you still working?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m semi-retired now. I worked in finance and law but made a switch to substitute teaching when I got here \u2013 I didn\u2019t want to go back to corporate and reporting to people and going to staff meetings. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How did you first learn about Miami Book Fair?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I knew of it before living here; I\u2019ve been following Books & Books on social media for years. I love the caf\u00e9 there! Every time I was in town I\u2019d try to get to the store and have a coffee and pick up a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You\u2019ve been a Miamian just a couple of years, but having been familiar with the Fair before that and a longtime visitor, what do you think the Fair brings to Miami?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love how it brings literary intellectuals together and that it\u2019s international \u2013 we have South America, the U.K., and other places represented \u2013 it\u2019s not just the United States. And \u2013 being from the Caribbean, so I\u2019m quite biased about this [laughs] \u2013 I like that Caribbean authors are part of the programming and that Little Haiti Book Festival is something that happens every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You joined Friends of the Fair as soon as you moved here \u2013 which benefits do you most enjoy?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really like the year-round author events and receptions and special events, where you can get up close and personal with the panelists; they\u2019re much more intimate than the larger programs at the Fair. I went to the Stories We Share event in March and that was great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s an MBF moment or experience that really stands out for you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s more than a single moment, because the 2025 Fair was such a bumper year of Caribbean authors! I\u2019m a founding member of an online Caribbean book club that\u2019s been going since 2020 \u2013 we started it up during the pandemic and we still meet every month \u2013 and it was so phenomenal to be at the Fair and meet the authors of the books that we\u2019ve discussed. Marlon James, Edwidge Danticat, Geoffrey Philp \u2013 who\u2019s a member of the book club \u2013 Camille Adams, Ryan Bachoo, Marlene Daut \u2026 I got to mix and mingle and spend time with them and attend their panels. Book Fair really is a literary paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tell me about the last great book you read.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780593687567\"><em>There Are Rivers in the Sky<\/em><\/a> by Elif Shafak. It\u2019s written across three time periods, starting way back BCE with Gilgamesh to modern times, connected by a single raindrop. I love water, I love the rain, I love the ocean \u2013 no matter where I\u2019ve lived, it\u2019s always been close to the water \u2013 and so the story really appealed to me. I also recently read <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781335777096\"><em>Dear Haiti, Love Alaine<\/em><\/a> by Maika and Maritza Moulite, which I really liked. It\u2019s a young adult book, but I saw last year that they were being honored at the Next Page Dinner and my curiosity was piqued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Which MBF 2025 program did you find particularly engaging?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t remember the name of the program* right now but it included Camille Adams, who was speaking about her memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781632063953\"><em>How to Be Unmothered: A Trinidadian Memoir<\/em><\/a>. I love mother-daughter stories, whether the relationship is good or bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*Ed. Note: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/event\/roots-reckonings-family-memory-caribbean-identity\/\"><em>Roots & Reckonings: Family, Memory & Caribbean Identit<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/event\/roots-reckonings-family-memory-caribbean-identity\/\">y<\/a>; this program is available for on-demand viewing as part of Little Haiti Book Festival 2026 online.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>I was going to ask you what three authors you\u2019d pick for your fantasy book club, but since you\u2019ve already been able to connect with some of your faves through your actual book club, I\u2019ll ask you this, instead: <\/strong><strong>What\u2019s the best book-to-screen adaptation you\u2019ve seen?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not a movie or television person \u2013 the only time I turn on the TV is when there\u2019s a Grand Slam tennis match on \u2013 so I can\u2019t think of one, but I just came back from a trip to French Guiana and visited the penal colony there, where Henri Charri\u00e8re, the real-life person who wrote the book <em>Papillon<\/em>, was imprisoned before he escaped. I visited the cell he was in, the penal colony was decommissioned in the 1940s, I think, and oh, my god, the place still smells of death. 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Li se tou manman twa timoun piti ki renmen li an piblikasyon ak an odyo.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Poukisa Libro.fm te pran desizyon pou sip\u00f2te Miami Book Fair? Ki asp\u00e8 nan travay nou pou kominote a ki plis rezone av\u00e8k ou?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nou renmen kijan Fwa Liv Miami entegre t\u00e8t li nan tisi vil la, kidonk pou nou, desizyon an te fasil. Misyon nou se ankouraje moun li epi sip\u00f2te libreri lokal yo, e ki pi bon kote pase Fwa a pou pale ak lekt\u00e8 sou sa? Yon l\u00f2t bagay ki te rezone av\u00e8k nou se angajman nou pou ekite ak aks\u00e8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki k\u00e8k nan aktivite patwone ou te reyalize epi ou te pran plezi ladan yo nan Fwa a?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premye ane nou te travay ak Fwa a, nou pa t sou plas, kidonk nou te konekte ak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandbooks.com\/\">Liv ak Liv<\/a> epi <a href=\"https:\/\/steamylitbookstore.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOorHkWdlEYIiutSysn4ieQHL7eUCa8dmAIkp7k8jNpCsKax-0jus\">Literati cho<\/a> \u2013 ki se de patn\u00e8 libreri nou yo \u2013 pou yo te ka bay liv odyo k\u00f2m kado nan estand yo pandan Fwa a. Nou te bay ot\u00e8, donat\u00e8, ak volont\u00e8 yo kredi liv odyo gratis tou.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ane pase, nou te deside par\u00e8t epi gen yon prezans nan Fwa Lari a. Se te b\u00e8l anpil pou nou te kapab f\u00e8 konv\u00e8sasyon youn-a-youn ak moun pou pale sou sa Libro.fm ye, kijan li fonksyone, ak poukisa li enp\u00f2tan. En\u00e8ji Street Fair la pa gen par\u00e8y \u2013 bay moun ki deja chaje ak eksitasyon liter\u00e8 liv odyo gratis se pi b\u00e8l bagay la!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Epi mwen panse ou te patwone tou yon sesyon ot\u00e8?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wi, Maris Kreizman! L\u00e8 nou t ap chwazi yon pan\u00e8l pou patwone, nou te gade ki ot\u00e8 prezantat\u00e8 ki te gwo sip\u00f2t\u00e8 libreri endepandan, paske nou renmen fason ot\u00e8 sa yo entegre libreri endepandan nan konv\u00e8sasyon yo, ak jan yo konsyan pou dirije moun pou yo itilize epi sip\u00f2te libreri endepandan yo pou ede prez\u00e8ve espas twazy\u00e8m sa yo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kijan travay nou an aliyen ak panse p\u00e8son\u00e8l ou sou aks\u00e8 a kilti liter\u00e8?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aks\u00e8 se tout bagay. Pou k\u00e8k moun, yon liv fizik se sa; pou l\u00f2t moun, yon liv odyo se yon zouti esansy\u00e8l. Nou kw\u00e8 ke kit w ap li ak je w oswa ak z\u00f2r\u00e8y ou, ou merite istwa kalite sipery\u00e8 ak yon libreri lokal pou rele lakay ou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mwen renmen kons\u00e8p ki d\u00e8y\u00e8 sa w ap f\u00e8 a \u2013 \u00e8ske ou ka ban mwen yon prezantasyon 30 segonn pou moun ki pa konnen sa Libro.fm ye?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Libro.fm se yon d\u00e9taillant liv odyo ak yon aplikasyon ki p\u00e8m\u00e8t ou achte liv odyo ou yo dir\u00e8kteman atrav\u00e8 libreri endepandan lokal ou pi renmen an. Nou ofri yon ab\u00f2nman chak mwa ak yon ab\u00f2nman chak ane (menm jan ak gwo konpayi sa a) ansanm ak opsyon pou achte a la carte. Kidonk, ak Libro.fm, olye pou pwofi yo ale nan yon gwo konpayi, yo pataje yo ak libreri endepandan ou chwazi a. Ou ka jwi plis pase 600,000 tit sou aplikasyon nou an ki gen pi gwo evalyasyon, pandan w ap kenbe lajan ou nan ekonomi lokal ou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Di m k\u00e8k tandans w ap w\u00e8 nan liv odyo \u2013 \u00e8ske gen yon jan patikilye ki vin popil\u00e8 anpil d\u00e8ny\u00e8man?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N ap w\u00e8 yon gwo apeti pou fiksyon liter\u00e8 ak woman psikolojik ki bay k\u00e8 sote kounye a \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9783759902573-yesteryear\"><em>Tan lontan<\/em><\/a> Li te pi gwo lavant nou an mwa pase a e li toujou ap vann anpil. Nou w\u00e8 tou yon enter\u00e8 nan romans dou, tankou <a href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9780593825969-a-witch-s-guide-to-magical-innkeeping\"><em>Gid yon S\u00f2sy\u00e8 pou Jere yon Ot\u00e8l Majik<\/em><\/a>. Epi yon l\u00f2t tandans ki vr\u00e8man eksploze se non-fiksyon im\u00e8sif. Koute yo pa s\u00e8lman ap ch\u00e8che yon narat\u00e8 ank\u00f2; yo vle yon eksperyans. Liv odyo narre pa ot\u00e8 yo menm \u2013 tankou John Green oswa Lena Dunham \u2013 se yon gwo siks\u00e8 paske li sanble tankou yon konv\u00e8sasyon prive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ki d\u00e8nye gwo liv ou te li? \u00c8ske w ap li yon bon liv kounye a?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mwen kounye a nan mitan <a href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9781250431516-this-story-might-save-your-life\"><em>Istwa sa a ka sove lavi w<\/em><\/a> pa Tiffany Crum. Se yon triller premye roman ki konsantre sou animat\u00e8 podcast, e narasyon Julia Whelan ak Sean Patrick Hopkins pote anpil teksti nan karakt\u00e8 yo. Li te yon gwo siks\u00e8 pami patn\u00e8 nou yo nan vann liv, sa ki te enspire m pran li.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rekon\u00e8t laverite: \u00c8ske se s\u00e8lman liv odyo ou koute tout tan, oswa \u00e8ske w toujou louvri yon liv detanzantan?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, mwen definitivman li nan plizy\u00e8 f\u00f2ma. Pa gen anyen tankou sant yon nouvo liv fizik, e se yon plis si li soti nan yon libreri lokal! M ap koute yon liv odyo pandan m ap lave rad, kondwi, elatriye, men mwen toujou gen yon liv fizik sou tab b\u00f2 kabann mwen tou. Kounye a m ap li <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781668094716\"><em>Manman Mari Vini B\u00f2 Kote M<\/em><\/a><strong> <\/strong>pa<strong> <\/strong>Arundhati Roy<strong> <\/strong>an enprime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Si ou te ka f\u00e8 yon dejene youn-a-youn ak nenp\u00f2t ot\u00e8, vivan oswa mouri, kiy\u00e8s li ta ye e kisa ou ta mande li?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kounye a, mwen ta di <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?type=author&q=Blume%2C%20Judy\">Judi Bloum<\/a>. Mwen renmen tande liv li yo ak pitit mwen yo \u2013 nou sot fini tout seri Fudge la \u2013 epi li se yon gwo defans\u00e8 pou libreri endepandan ak lib\u00e8te pou li. K\u00f2m li menm se pwopriyet\u00e8 yon libreri, li vr\u00e8man konprann misyon Libro.fm. Mwen ta renmen mande li sou sekr\u00e8 pou ekri yon bagay ki rete atantif ak fasil pou konekte av\u00e8 l atrav\u00e8 jenerasyon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ent\u00e8vyou pa Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; repons yo te modifye pou espas ak kl\u00e8ti.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":39155,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[904],"class_list":["post-39153","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-sponsor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sponsor Spotlight: Albee Romero\/Libro.fm - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ht_HT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sponsor Spotlight: Albee Romero\/Libro.fm - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albee Romero, marketing and publicity director for Libro.fm, has been with the company for nearly eight years. 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After attending college at Washington University in St. Louis \u2013 where she met her husband, Barry \u2013 she came back to begin married life and a long career serving the community, first as an educator and then in the nonprofit arena, including stints at Title I program HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters), the Center for Yiddish Culture, and the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute, where she\u2019s worked with its founder, Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, for the past 26 years. A mom of three, grandmother of seven, and world traveler, she also manages to find time to support others as a certified yoga therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How did you first learn about Miami Book Fair?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s easy; through Mitchell [Kaplan]. We went to high school together so we\u2019ve known each other for years. I remember when he was thinking about opening the store and I said, yes \u2013 we need you here! We need culture. Because it was a wasteland by the time I came back after college. You could roller skate all the way down Lincoln Road and not see another person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>That\u2019s a great segue to my next question, because yes \u2013 downtown in the \u201980s was arguably bleak and the Fair was one of the cultural institutions that helped transform it into what it is today. How has the Fair impacted Miami and how has it impacted you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love this question! I think the idea of gathering people together to celebrate books and authors was a novel idea for that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>No pun intended. [both laugh]<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right! The Fair, along with other cultural offerings that were coming into being or evolving at the same time, really put Miami on the map as a city that was more than just retirement communities and party beaches. Personally, it\u2019s given me a different vantage point than the one I had growing up here. Now we\u2019ve got the Arsht, PAMM, New World Symphony, the ballet. We have things for people to do other than go to the beach and hang out.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did you bring your kids to the Fair when they were young?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I absolutely brought them to Children\u2019s Alley, which they loved. And sometimes I\u2019d get a babysitter so I could come back on my own and see the things I wanted to see. [laughs] Full circle moment: When my daughter was a teacher she brought her students to Children\u2019s Alley, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You\u2019ve been a Friend for a long time \u2013 what are some of your favorite membership benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love the reserved seating, the year-round events, and seeing the same people year after year. I have a section in my phone contacts called Book Fair Friends. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s an MBF moment or experience that still makes you smile when you think about it?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are so many! I\u2019ve had the opportunity and good fortune to meet so many interesting, intelligent, and compelling authors at the Fair \u2013 Dave Barry, Twyla Tharp, Caroline Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Michael Pollan \u2013 so many different people from all walks of life, which I love. But one of the best experiences was hearing Barack Obama speak. I couldn\u2019t believe how many people had come to see him from all over and were just lining up in droves. Standing there in a group of like-minded people and grasping that it was such a very special moment for both Miami and for me, that was incredible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tell me about the last great book you read.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recently finished <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/search?q=Lady%20Tan%E2%80%99s%20Circle%20of%20Women\"><em>Lady Tan\u2019s Circle of Women<\/em><\/a> \u2013 it was phenomenal \u2013 and <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780778311980\"><em>Women in White Coats<\/em><\/a>, about the first women doctors. I like reading firsthand stories of real, inspirational people. Now I\u2019m halfway through <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9781611808117\"><em>Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World<\/em><\/a>, which is really interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>I know you weren\u2019t able to make it to Book Fair last year, so who did you see in 2024 that really engaged you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry Winkler. He\u2019s dyslexic and because I have my master\u2019s in education with a focus on reading and learning disabilities, it really appealed to me how he had to struggle in life and found mentors who helped him believe in himself. I was really drawn to that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Interview by Elisa Chemayne Agostinho; responses have been edited for space and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38974,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[903],"class_list":["post-38973","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-friend"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friend of the Month: Alissa Pardo Stein - Miami Book Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ht_HT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friend of the Month: Alissa Pardo Stein - Miami Book Fair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alissa Pardo Stein was born and raised in Miami Beach. 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Mwa a: Terry Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/march-2026-terry-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Terry Murphy\" class=\"wp-image-39060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/march-2026-terry-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/march-2026-terry-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/march-2026-terry-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/march-2026-terry-1024x1024-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/march-2026-terry-1024x1024-1-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/march-2026-terry-1024x1024-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Terry Murphy came to Miami in 1982 \u2013 a move he made to run a political campaign for his brother, who was a state representative \u2013 and returned for good the following year after he graduated from college. He and his wife, Maribel Balbin, whom he met when they were both working at the county commission, have been Friends of the Fair for years. \u201cWe got married to have grandchildren,\u201d he quips, and the couple now have four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you remember how you first heard about the Fair?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned about it through my work for the commission. From early on there was support for the Fair from the county through the Cultural Affairs grants council and there were a lot of presentations about it before commission committees going on, because it was a growing event. So I knew about it then and started going regularly in the \u201990s. Then when Maribel and I became a thing, I found out she\u2019d actually been on staff at the Fair for a couple of years, from 1991 to 1993, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cool!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s always been a big fan of the Fair, and she was the one who introduced me to the idea of joining the Friends. Before that I sort of milled around and enjoyed the whole feel of the place without any kind of plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You\u2019ve been a Friend for a long time \u2013 what are some of your favorite membership benefits?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a couple of obvious benefits, including not having to wait in line to get in. You just wave your little lanyard with your badge and walk right in. [laughs] And if you\u2019re registered for any author events, having that dedicated line for Friends that allows you to enter and get right to your seats is a nice perk as well. But the fun part is the lanyard and badge that says you\u2019re a Friend of the Fair, and knowing that you\u2019re supporting it. Sometimes our schedules are so hectic that we can\u2019t attend \u2013 though that\u2019s rare \u2013 but we still buy memberships every year. It\u2019s our way of supporting what we think is a great event for Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book Fair started in 1984, when downtown was a very different place. What has it brought to Miami?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book Fair is a critical piece of the puzzle that is Miami. We\u2019re not just the cruise capital of the world or the only tropical metropolis in the United States. Having the Fair here puts us on the main stage of the literary world \u2013 and that\u2019s an important signal that we\u2019re not only a multilingual community for business and trade, we\u2019re a community of people who are creative and thoughtful. I think that often gets overlooked because we\u2019re a tourist destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s an MBF moment or experience that continues to resonate with you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would have to be hearing and meeting Pat Conroy. His books are so good; I\u2019ve been in awe of him forever. I used to read him to my son when he was in the womb, and I think he recognized my voice in the hospital after he was born because of that. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Getting to meet Conroy was interesting because my brother-in-law was at the Citadel at the same time he was, and when I met him I asked if he remembered him \u2013 and he did! He asked after him and the family and sent his regards. It was wonderful to have that moment with him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patti Smith, too. I\u2019ve always associated her with her music and her place on the punk rock scene, but hearing her speak about the diligence that\u2019s required to be a creative person was eye-opening. If you say you\u2019re a writer, she said, then go write; write every day. It was so exciting to hear her talk about the discipline needed to create, and realizing that she\u2019s very much a disciplined, studious, and focused person. I loved hearing that. I was thinking of writing a book myself, and that really inspired me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did you ever start?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m actually trying to get to it every day, just to get it all out. Then I\u2019ll see if I can present it in a way that makes some kind of sense. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did a major bike ride last year after I retired, a 2,000-mile ride that took me from northwest Iowa where my parents are buried all the way across the Midwest \u2013 Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio \u2013 then into Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, Montreal, and Quebec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wow! How long did that take you \u2013 and did you do it with a group?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took me about two months; I was on my own. What I was doing was tracing all the places where my family had lived and settled upon coming to America from Ireland. I did that in Ireland last March \u2013 all my siblings and Maribel and I went and traveled to all the little places where my family originated. So I saw all the places they lived there and the bike ride was about where they landed here. Now I\u2019m working on a sort of memoir\/family history about those experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">That\u2019s beautiful \u2013 I\u2019d read that book.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the best things that happened on the ride was that I found the location of my great-grandfather Brown\u2019s original homestead farm, so I rode by to just see the land. But when I got there there was this big brick house on the property, which was clearly still an active farm, and a sign that said, \u201cWelcome to the Brown Farm \u2013 Established 1891.\u201d So I went up to the house and knocked on the door, and this guy came out and said, \u201cHow can I help you? I saw you riding your bike down the gravel road \u2013 that was me in the pickup truck that passed you.\u201d And I said, \u201cI think I\u2019m your cousin.\u201d [laughs] And it turns out our grandfathers were brothers. He invited me in, we had some lunch, and we just hung out and talked for a really long time. It was great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tell me about the last good book you read.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780316492928\"><em>How the Word Is Passed<\/em><\/a>, by Clint Smith. It\u2019s like a travelogue of American slave history; he tells the story through visits to different places, from New Orleans and Angola prison in Louisiana to Monticello in Virginia. It\u2019s such an artfully well-written book \u2013 it\u2019s researched but it also includes his interviews with the people he met and spoke to, and his observations. I really enjoyed reading it now, when there\u2019s such a concerted effort to wipe out and rewrite American history, leaving out the essential story of slavery. It\u2019s an important book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What three authors, living or dead, would you pick to be in your fantasy book club?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pat Conroy, and Barack Obama. 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Today this mom of three grown children teaches at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/med.miami.edu\/\">Miller School of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0and serves as the disability specialist for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jewishmiami.org\/\">Greater Miami Jewish Federation<\/a>. She\u2019s also set to tie the knot in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did you first learn about Miami Book Fair?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably at Books & Books. When I first moved here I was always looking for things to do, and as someone who loves books going to the Fair was a given. And once I had kids we came every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What has Miami Book Fair brought to Miami and what has it brought to you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think Book Fair has created a very fertile landscape for more curiosity, more art, and more conversation. Personally, I participated in the Miami Writers Institute for about four or five years on and off, and one course I took was a two-day workshop that was really, really beautiful. It was an opportunity to be with like-minded people, to listen to writers, and to see yourself as a writer and consider what your thoughts and reflections and storytelling could be. It ended up taking me on a bit of a journey where I attended different writers\u2019 workshops and hosted two, one in France and one in Spain, and it really lit a fire under me. I also made a friend \u2013 who was a writer and who has since passed \u2013 who I never would have met if not for the workshops. Book Fair has enriched my self-knowledge and my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are your favorite FOTF benefits?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like knowing who\u2019s coming to town ahead of time so I can plan. And I love getting to see so many people I know! It\u2019s nice having that kind of reuniting of community around reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s an MBF moment or experience that really stands out for you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw Abraham Verghese a couple of years ago and he said something that stuck with me, something I use in my class at Miller. I teach in a fellowship program at the <a href=\"https:\/\/umiamihealth.org\/en\/locations\/mailman-center-for-child-development\">Mailman Center<\/a>, which is for neurologists, pediatricians, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists \u2013 people involved in interventions for neurological disorders. Verghese said that there are some people you can heal but not cure, and there are some people you can cure but not heal. I use that to really show the emotional side of the experiences that my students\u2019 patients are going through, especially when you\u2019re delivering a serious diagnosis that\u2019s going to affect the entire family. What Verghese said really gave me a window into that, and if I hadn\u2019t been sitting there to hear him say it \u2013 it\u2019s not something that was written in his book \u2013 I would not have that tool. That to me is Book Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are you reading anything good right now?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m in three book clubs, so this was a hard question for me! [laughs] I recently finished Ia Genberg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780063309722\"><em>The Details<\/em><\/a>, which I just loved. It was like a fever dream, modern-day skeleton version of Charles Dickens\u2019 Christmas Past, reflecting upon your relationships and where you are in your life \u2013 I really like the way she writes. I also read in the past year <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780385550369\"><em>James<\/em><\/a> by Percival Everett. I loved the flip, loved the writing. And I just read Claire Keegan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780802158741\"><em>Small Things Like These<\/em><\/a>. It was so beautifully written. She\u2019s someone I\u2019d love to see at the Fair <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which MBF 2025 program did you find most engaging?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barry Diller. He totally eviscerated the guy who was interviewing him \u2013 it was almost difficult to watch \u2013 but then you realized, Barry Diller probably does this to everybody. 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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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When did you first hear about Miami Book Fair?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: Very early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does Book Fair mean to Miami?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/historymiami.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HistoryMiami Museum<\/a>\u00a0and other things coming to the area, it started to regenerate. And when Book Fair,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miamifilmfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miami 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: For me, knowing that I can go and hear so many authors is wonderful; I just love that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: We definitely brought our Dreamers to the Fair, many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some of your favorite FOTF benefits?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: Really, it\u2019s all the authors and hearing them talk about their books \u2013 that\u2019s fabulous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: I would say it\u2019s a little bit of both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: But for the most part we\u2019re together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: We don\u2019t have to sit next to each other every time. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s an MBF moment or experience that really stands out for each of you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: One thing I really enjoyed was when Harry Belafonte came to speak \u2013 remember that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: Yes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: And thankfully he never satirized you in his column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: Yes! Fortunately he never did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tell me about the last great book you read.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.booksandbooks.com\/book\/9780593498088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kings-Corner-Easy-Jack-Portman\/dp\/B0FDQYKD3Q\/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bxK631mszrOM7W8eJYmEfg.Gd-rTsFSkJ_nvqpofurNJjr5L2bPkpOtXmeZT4cAXbY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Easy+Jack+Portman&qid=1758563122&s=books&sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>King\u2019s Corner<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: K-I-N-G apostrophe s \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: \u2013 that was written by a young author named Easy Jack Portman, who happens to be our grandson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: Published on the very day he graduated high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oh, wow \u2013 that\u2019s amazing!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: We are so proud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: Of course it\u2019s the best book we\u2019ve ever read. [both laugh]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamibookfaironline.com\/event\/eddie-glaude-jr-maya-wiley-on-american-leaders-nonfiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maya Wiley and Eddie Glaude Jr.<\/a>\u00a0We watched them all the time on MSNBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: We\u2019re big fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margie: It would be <em>King\u2019s Corner<\/em> by Easy Jack Portman! 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