“Siren Queen” offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the si…
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Uncertain Ground: An Evening with Phil Klay and Kori Schake
Event Date: May 17, 2022
The chasm between the military and the civilian in American life, and the moral blind spot it has created, is one of the great themes of “Uncertain Ground”, Phil Klay’s powerful se…
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An Evening with Nina Moreno & Courtney Lovett
Event Date: May 17, 2022
This humorous and heartfelt middle-grade debut by Nina Moreno with illustrations by Courtney Lovett is perfect for fans of Celia C. Pérez and Terri Libenson, and any reader still d…
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An Evening with Maggie Shipstead and Elin Hilderbrand
Event Date: May 16, 2022
From the Booker Prize nominee and New York Times best-selling author of “Great Circle”, Maggie Shipstead delivers a piercing, irresistible first collection of short stories exquisi…
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The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon: An Evening with Fabio Zuker & Ezra E. Fitz
Event Date: May 12, 2022
In these essays, Zuker shares intimate stories of life in the rainforest and its surrounding cities during an age of raging wildfires, mass migration, populist politics, and increa…
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Land of Women: An Afternoon with María Sánchez & Curtis Bauer
Event Date: May 11, 2022
Part memoir and part rural feminist manifesto, Land of Women acknowledges the sacrifices of Sánchez’s female ancestors who enabled her to become the woman she is. A bestseller in S…
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Serenade: An Afternoon with Toni Bentley, Lourdes Lopez & Steven Caras
Event Date: May 9, 2022
Toni Bentley, a dancer for George Balanchine, the greatest ballet maker of the 20th century, tells the story of Serenade, his iconic masterpiece, and what it was like to dance—and…
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Ripe: An Afternoon with Negesti Kaudo and Kristen Elias Rowley
Event Date: May 6, 2022
“Emotional range without consequence,” Negesti Kaudo writes in her debut collection, Ripe, is a privilege of whiteness. In these essays, she fights back, exhorting readers to follo…
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Fly Girl: An Evening with Ann Hood & Laura Lippman
Event Date: May 5, 2022
An entertaining and fascinating memoir of “gifted storyteller” (People) Ann Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. As the airline industry changed around her, Hood beg…
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La revancha de los poderosos: Una Tarde Virtual con Moisés Naím y César Miguel Rondón
Event Date: May 4, 2022
Un libro para entender cómo se obtiene, se usa, se abusa y se pierde el poder en el siglo XXI. En todo el mundo, las democracias se enfrentan a un enemigo nuevo e implacable que no…
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All the Lovers in the Night: An Evening with Mieko Kawakami and Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Event Date: May 3, 2022
Bestselling author of “Breasts and Eggs” Mieko Kawakami invites readers back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, extraordinary novel and demonstrates y…
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Escape from Cuba: An Afternoon with Eloy L. Nuñez and Ernest G. Vendrell
Event Date: April 29, 2022
Books & Books and FIU’s Cuban Research Institute present a conversation between Eloy L. Nuñez and Ernest G. Vendrell. In 1959, Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba after overthro…
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