2010 Fairgoer's Guide - Miami Book Fair International

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Rescue of the Auto Industry
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Sat.,
Nov. 20, 1:30 p.m., Pavilion A.
RICHARD REEVES, Portrait of
Camelot: A Thousand Days in the
Kennedy White House (Abrams
Books). Sun., Nov. 21, 1:30 p.m.,
Pavilion A.
MATTHEW REINHART,
Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods
& Heroes (Candlewick Press).
Student Literary Encounters,
Fri., Nov. 19, 11 a.m., Prometeo,
Room 1101; Sat., Nov. 20, 3 p.m.,
Prometeo, Room 1101.
PAUL REYES, Exiles in Eden: Life
Among the Ruins of Florida’s Great
Recession (Henry Holt & Co.). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 3 p.m., Room 7128.
SUSAN RICH, The Alchemist’s
Kitchen (White Pine Press). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 2:30 p.m., Room 3410.
WARREN RICHEY, Without a
Paddle: Racing Twelve Hundred
Miles Around Florida by Sea
Kayak (St. Martin’s Press). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 12 p.m., Room 7128.
BEATRIZ RIVERA, When a Tree
Falls (Arte Publico Press). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 4 p.m., Room 3410.
JANISSET RIVERO (Cuba-
USA), Ausente (Aduana Vieja).
Novedades editoriales de Aduana
Vieja y Letra Capital, Dom., Nov.
21, 5:30 p.m., Salón 6100.
GARY RIVLIN, Broke U.S.A.: From
Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. How
the Working Poor Became Big
Business (HarperCollins). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 12:30 p.m., Room 3315.
BEATRIZ J. RIZK (Colombia-USA)
Imaginando un continente: utopía
democracia y neoliberalismo en
el teatro mexicano (LATR Books).
Panelista (Foro: La dramaturgia
mexicana del Siglo XX). Sáb., Nov.
20, 2 p.m., Salón 2106.
An Evening with EUGENE
ROBINSON, see page 5.
RANDALL ROBINSON, Miami
Architecture (University Press of
Florida). Sun., Nov. 21, 10 a.m.,
Room 7128.
OCTAVIO ROCA (Cuba), Cuban
Ballet (Gibbs Smith). Sun., Nov.
21, 3:30 p.m., Room 7106.
ALEX RODRIK, Moderator
(Panel: Life and Comics). School
of Comics, see page 9; Sat., Nov.
20, 12 p.m., Centre Gallery, Room
1365.
DAVID ROMAN, Astronaut
Academy (First Second). Kids’
Comic Con, see page 8.
NINA ROMANO, Coffeehouse
Meditations (Kitsune Books).
Sun., Nov. 21, 1 p.m., Room
3410.
MARCELA ROMERO (México),
Cuentera (Cuentos e historietas).
Nov. 19-21 (Ver programación
infantil de la Plaza México en la
página 26).
ROGER ROSENBLATT, Making
Toast (HarperCollins). Sat., 3:30
p.m., Room 3209.
ADAM ROSS, Mr. Peanut
(Knopf). Sun., Nov. 21, 11:30
a.m., Prometeo, Room 1101.
ALEX ROSS, Listen to This
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Sat.,
Nov. 20, 12:30 p.m., Chapman,
Room 3210.
ORLANDO ROSSARDI (Cuba/
USA), Autor y Panelista (Homenaje
a Mistral y Neruda). Sáb., Nov 20,
3:30 p.m., Salón 2106; Panelista
(Novedades editoriales de Aduana
Vieja y Letra Capital). Dom., Nov.
21, 5:30 p.m., Salón 6100.
MARK ROTELLA, Amore: The
Story of Italian American Song
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Sat.,
Nov. 20, 12 p.m., Room 3315.
SASCHA ROTHCHILD, How to
Get Divorced by 30: My Misguided
Attempt at a Starter Marriage
(Plume). Sun., Nov. 21, 1 p.m.,
Room 3314.
HAZEL ROWLEY, Franklin
and Eleanor: An Extraordinary
Marriage (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux). Sun., Nov. 21, 1 p.m.,
Auditorium, Room 1261.
JOAqUÍN ROY, Autor y Panelista
(Doce años sin Paz). Mar., Nov.
16, 7:30 p.m., Salón 2106.
GREG RUCKA, The Last Run:
A Queen & Country Novel and
Stumptown (Random House).
Sat., Nov. 20, 12 p.m., Centre
Gallery, Room 1365; 2:30 p.m.,
Room 7128.
SALMAN RUSHDIE, Luka and
the Fire of Life (Random House).
Sat., Nov. 20, 5 p.m., Chapman,
Room 3210.
HEATHER RUSSELL, Legba’s
Crossing: Narratology in the
African Atlantic (University of
Georgia Press). Sat., Nov. 20,
3:30 p.m., Room 3315.
S
JOE SACCO, Footnotes in Gaza
(Henry Holt & Co.). Sun., Nov.
21, 2 p.m., Centre Gallery, Room
1365.
EDUARDO SACHERI (Argentina),
El secreto de sus ojos (Alfaguara).
Sáb., Nov. 20, 6:15 p.m., Salón
2106.
ANTONIO SACRE, La Noche
Buena (Abrams Young Readers).
Sun., Nov. 21, 11:45 a.m., 1:45
p.m. Children’s Alley.
MARÍA ELVIRA SALAZAR, Si
Dios contigo, ¿quien contra ti?
(Grijalbo). Lun., Nov. 15, 6:30
p.m., Salón 2106.
JIM SALICRUP, Kids’ Comic Con,
see page 8.
LOUIS J. SALOME, Violence,
Veils and Bloodlines: Reporting
from War Zones (McFarland
Publishing). Sat., Nov. 21, 10
a.m., Room 7106.
CARLOS SÁNCHEZ BERZAIN
(Bolivia), Panelista (Mesa: La
influencia Castrista en América).
Vie., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., Salón
2106.
STACY SCHIFF, Cleopatra (Little,
Brown & Co.). Sun., Nov. 21, 12
p.m., Auditorium, Room 1261.
REEFKA SCHNEIDER,
Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives
(WingsPress). Sun., Nov. 21, 10
a.m., Room 3410.
STEVEN SCHNEIDER,
Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives
(WingsPress). Sun., Nov. 21, 10
a.m., Room 3410.
DOUGLAS SCHOEN, Mad as Hell:
How the Tea Party Movement is
Fundamentally Remaking Our
Two-Party System. Sun., Nov.
21, 2:30 p.m., Chapman, Room
3210.
LEE SCHRAGER, The Food
Network South Beach Wine and
Food Festival Cookbook: Recipes
and Behind-the-Scenes Stories
from America’s Hottest Chefs
(HarperCollins). Sat., Nov. 20,
4:30 p.m., Pavilion B.
KATHERINE SCHWARZENEGGER,
Rock What You’ve Got: Secrets
to Loving Your Inner and Outer
Beauty (Hyperion). Sun., Nov. 21,
4 p.m., Pavilion A.
CHRIS SCHWEIZER, Crogan’s
March and Crogan’s Vengeance
(Oni Press). School of Comics, see
page 9.
JON SCIESZKA, SPHDZ Book #
2 (Simon & Schuster Children’s).
Sat., Nov. 20, 10 a.m., Prometeo,
Room 1101; 3 p.m., Prometeo,
Room 1101.
ENRIqUE SERNA (México), Autor
y Panelista (Diversidad de la
narrativa contemporánea). Dom.,
Nov. 21, 1:15 p.m., Salón 2106.
DARREN SHAN, Birth of a Killer:
The Saga of Larten Crepsley (Little,
Brown Books for Young Readers).
Student Literary Encounters, Fri.,
Nov. 19, 9:30 a.m., Chapman,
Room 3210; Sat., Nov. 20, 1:30
p.m., Prometeo, Room 1101.
DANI SHAPIRO, Devotion: A
Memoir (HarperCollins). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 3:30 p.m., Room 3314.
DEBORAH SHARP, Mama Gets
Hitched (Midnight Ink). Sat., Nov.
20, 10 a.m., Room 7128.
T.M. SHINE, Nothing Happens
Until It Happens to You: A Novel
Without Pay, Perks and Privileges
(Crown). Sun., Nov. 21, 3 p.m.,
Room 3209.
ALLAN T. SHULMAN, Miami
Architecture (University Press of
Florida). Sun. Nov. 21, 10 a.m.,
Room 7128.
ALEX SIMMONS, Kids’ Comic
Con, see page 8.
PABLO SIMONETTI (Chile)
Autor y Panelista, (Debate sobre
Latinoamérica, sus bicentenarios
y la realidad actual). Dom., Nov.
21, 11:45 a.m., Salón 2106.
Libro: La barrera del pudor
(Norma). Dom., Nov. 21, 2:45
p.m., Salón 2106.
HELEN SIMONSON, Major
Pettigrew’s Last Stand (Random
House). Sun., Nov. 21, 2:30 p.m.,
Auditorium, Room 1261.
JOSEPH SKIBELL, A Curable
Romantic (Algonquin Books).
Sun., Nov. 21, 3:30 p.m.,
Prometeo, Room 1101.
An Evening with PATTI SMITH,
see page 5.
JOANNA SMITH RAKOFF, A
Fortunate Age: A Novel (Scribner).
Sun., Nov. 21, 12:30 p.m., Room
7106.
MARTIN SOLARES, The Black
Minutes (Grove Atlantic). Sat.,
Nov. 20, 12 p.m., Room 3410.
ÁNGEL SOTO (Chile), Autor y
Panelista (Mesa La Influencia
Castrista en América). Vie., Nov.
19, 7:30 p.m., Salón 2106.
SCOTT SPENCER, Man in the
Woods (HarperCollins). Sat., Nov.
20, 1 p.m., Auditorium, Room
1261.
LES STANDIFORD, Bringing
Adam Home: The Abduction that
Changed America (Ecco). Sat.,
Nov. 20, 1:30 p.m., Room 7128;
Sun., Nov. 21, 12 p.m., Pavilion A.
MARK STATMAN, Tourist at
Miracle (Hanging Loose Press).
Sun., Nov. 21, 2:30 p.m., Room
3410.
ILAN STAVANS, Norton Anthology
of Latino Literature (W.W. Norton).
Sat., Nov. 20, 10:30 a.m., Pavilion
B.
DAVID STEINBERG, The
Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA
Loud Boy (Grosset & Dunlop).
School of Comics, see page 9.
DAVID HENRY STERRY, The
Essential Guide to Getting Your
Book Published (Workman
Publishing Company). Sun., Nov.
21, 11 a.m., Room 3314.
SUSAN STRAIGHT, Take One
Candle Light a Room (Pantheon
Books). Sun., Nov. 21, 3:30 p.m.,
Prometeo, Room 1101.
DIANE STUCKART, A Bolt from
the Blue (Berkley Prime Crime).
Sat., Nov. 20, 4:30 p.m., Room
7128.
JAMES SWANSON, Bloody
Crimes: The for Jefferson Davis
and the Death Pageant for
Lincoln’s Corpse (HarperCollins).
Sun., Nov. 21, 10:30 a.m.,
Pavilion A.
T
GAY TALESE, The Silent Season
of a Hero: The Sports Writing of
Gay Talese (Walker & Company).
Sat., Nov. 20, 4 p.m., Auditorium,
Room 1261.
ELENA TAMARGO, Autor y
Panelista (Intimidad en la poesía
femenina). Dom., Nov. 21, 3:30
p.m., Salón 6100.
GLENN TAYLOR, The
Marrowbone Marble Company: A
Novel (Ecco). Sat., Nov. 20, 4:30
p.m. Room 3209
MERVYN TAYLOR, No Back Door
(Shearsman Books). Sat., Nov.
20, 10 a.m., Room 3314.
RAINA TELGEMEIER, Smile:
A Dental Drama (Scholastic).
School of Comics, see page 9;
Student Literary Encounters, Fri.,
Nov. 19, 12 p.m., Room 2106;
Sat., Nov. 20, 4 p.m., Prometeo,
Room 1101.
LORI THARPS, Substitute Me
(Atria). Sun., Nov. 21, 11 a.m.,
Room 7106.
NGUGI WA THIONG’O (Kenya),
Dreams in a Time of War: A
Childhood Memoir (Pantheon
Books). Sat., Nov. 20, 3:30 p.m.,
Chapman, Room 3210.
TIGERTAIL PRODUCTIONS,
Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry
Annual: Selected Collective,
Poetry, Prose and Projects. Sat.,
Nov. 20, 4 p.m., Room 3410.
NATALIA TOLEDO (México),
Cuento del conejo y el coyote
(Concaculta), Student Literary
Encounters, Vie., Nov. 19, 10:30
a.m., Torre de la Libertad.
(Los escritores del Istmo de
Tehuantepec). Sáb., Nov. 20, 2
p.m., Torre de la Libertad.
DUNCAN TONATIUH (Mexico)
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
(Abrams Young Readers). Fri.,
Nov. 19, 12:45 p.m.; Sat., Nov.
20, 11:45 a.m., Children’s Alley
ALFREDO TRIFF (Cuba-USA),
Hígado al ensayo. Lun., Nov. 15.,
6:30 p.m., Salón 3209.
JONATHAN TROPPER, This is
Where I Leave You (Plume). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 11:30 a.m., Prometeo,
Room 1101.
SCOTT TUROW, Innocent (Grand
Central Publishing). Sun., Nov. 21,
10 a.m., Chapman, Room 3210.
CHASE TWICHELL, Horses
Where the Answers Should Have
Been: New and Selected Poems
(Copper Canyon). Sat., Nov. 20,
1:30 p.m., Room 3410.
U
DAVID UNGER (Guatemala-USA),
Ni chicha ni limonada (F&G
Editores). Dom., Nov. 21, 1:15
p.m., Salón 2106.
LISA UNGER, Fragile: A Novel
(Crown). Sat., Nov. 20, 12 p.m.,
Room 3209.
V
JEN VAN METER, Hopeless
Savages & other comics (Oni
Press). Sat., Nov. 20, 12 p.m.,
Centre Gallery, Room 1365.
VENDELA VIDA, The Lovers: A
Novel (Ecco). Sat., Nov. 20, 2:30
p.m., Auditorium, Room 1261.
JUDITH VIORST, Lulu and
the Brontosaurus (Simon &
Schuster). Sun., Nov. 21, 10
a.m., Auditorium, Room 1261.
Unexpectedly Eighty: And Other
Adaptations (Free Press). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 4 p.m., Chapman, Room
3210.
W
STACY WAKEFIELD, Please Take
Me Off the Guest List (Akashic
Books). Sun., Nov. 21, 4 p.m.,
Auditorium, Room 1261.
An Evening with JOHN WATERS,
see page 4.
ROBERT WEIL, Executive
Editor, W.W. Norton and Co. (in
conversation with E.O. Wilson). Fri.,
Nov. 19, 6 p.m., Chapman, Room
3210.
DONNA WEIR-SOLEY, Eroticism,
Spirituality and Resistance
in Black Women’s Writings
(University Press of Florida). Sat.,
Nov. 20, 3:30 p.m., Room 3315.
MARK WEISS, The Whole Island:
Six Decades of Cuban Poetry
(University of California Press).
Sun., Nov. 21, 3:30 p.m., Room
7106.
ROSEMARY WELLS, My Havana:
Memories of a Cuban Boyhood
(Candlewick Press). Sun., Nov. 21,
21
10 a.m., Auditorium, Room 1261.
SCOTT WESTERFELD, Behemoth
(Leviathan) (Simon & Schuster
Children’s). Sat., Nov. 20, 1:30
p.m., Prometeo, Room 1101.
KATE WHITE, Hush: A Novel
(HarperCollins). Sat., Nov. 20, 11
a.m., Room 7128.
TRACY WHITE, How I Made it
to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story
(Roaring Brook Press). School of
Comics, see page 9; Sat., Nov.
Ross Smith Rakoff
White
20, 4 p.m., Centre Gallery, Room
1365.
C.K. WILLIAMS, On Poetry
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Sun.,
Nov. 21, 1 p.m., Prometeo, Room
1101.
An Evening with E.O. WILSON,
see page 5.
SIMON WINCHESTER, The
Atlantic: Biography of an Ocean
(HarperCollins). Sun., Nov. 21,
12:30 p.m., Chapman, Room
3210.
GEOFFREY WOLFF, The Hard
Way Around: Biography of Joshua
Slocum (Knopf). Sun., Nov. 21,
1:30 p.m., Auditorium, Room
1261.
WORDSPEAK, WordsSpeak
Team 2010 in a Spoken Word
Performance for Teens (Tigertail
Productions). Sat., Nov. 20, 11
a.m., Teen Student Life Patio.
Y
JUAN BAUTISTA YOFRE
(Argentina), Autor y Panelista
(Mesa: La influencia castrista en
América). Vie., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.,
Salón 2106.
Z
JEFFREY ZASLOW, The Girls
from Ames: A Story of Women
and a Forty-Year Friendship
(Gotham Books). Sat., Nov. 20, 1
p.m., Room 7106.
BILL ZIMMERMAN, Your Life in
Comics (Free Spirit Publishing).
School of Comics, see page 9.
NICK ZINNER, Please Take Me
Off the Guest List (Akashic Books).
Sun., Nov. 21, 4 p.m., Auditorium,
Room 1261.
ANDREW ZUCKERMAN, Music
(Abrams Books). Sun., Nov. 21,
1:30 p.m., Room 7128.
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