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• John Dufresne Talks Being Lonely, Misunderstood, and Sad During Christmas

  By Matt Preira | Fri, December 9, 2011

  Christmas, eh? Like, holiday cheer? Good tidings? The smell of fresh baked cookies, the embrace of eggnog as it coats your tongue and throat, the sounds of sleigh-bells and carolers? BAH HUMBUG. We u More >

• Bill Clinton Visiting Books & Books December 1

  By Kyle Munzenrieder | Fri, November 11, 2011

  Last year, George W. Bush headlined the Miami Book Fair International. While this year's edition offers no presidential names on the bill, another former commander-in-chief is preparing for a literary More >

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  American Tales

  By Mike Hicks | Thu, October 27, 2011

  Short-story writer and essayist Steve Almond has made a career out of examining the manic state of modern American life, and his new book, God Bless America, pulls no punches. He has filled his third short-story collection with empathetic glimpses... More >

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  Lost Boys Go Meta

  By Matt Preira | Thu, October 20, 2011

  In 2004, thriller novelist Ridley Pearson and South Florida funnyman Dave Barry teamed up to write — of all things — a children’s book. And to make matters even more improbable, the unlikely pair embraced the kid-lit genre whole hog by tackling on... More >

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  Island Strife

  By | Thu, September 29, 2011

  In her book The Farming of Bones, Edwidge Danticat recounts the 1937 massacre of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic. It won the American Book Award in 1999 and launched the Port-au-Prince-born author as an emerging literary talent. Since th... More >

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  | Sat, February 12, 2011

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