Miami, Oct. 29, 2020 – Miami Dade College’s (MDC) 37th Miami Book Fair (MBF), the nation’s finest and largest literary gathering, will be presented online for the first time in its history. The new virtual platform will feature more than 300 authors streaming free and on demand. The Fair represents diversity of subject matter, authors, and fairgoers. It introduces more than 20,000 children each year to books and writers, instilling in each of them a love for reading that will support their educational pursuits.
The U.S. Poets Laureate in Conversation series features five U.S. Poets Laureate and the Librarian of Congress, who will sit down for a one-on-one conversation about their latest books and how the Library of Congress supports the position. Featuring ROBERT HASS on Summer Snow, BILLY COLLINS on Whale Day and Other Poems, JUAN FELIPE HERRERA on Every Day We Get More Illegal, and JOY HARJO, When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, in conversation with poet CAMPBELL MCGRATH. Also, NATASHA TRETHEWEY on Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir, in conversation with inaugural poet ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; 14th Librarian of Congress DR. CARLA HAYDEN, with a special introduction by ROBERT CASPER, Library of Congress. Each conversation will be available on demand, one per day, through Sunday, Nov. 22
Following are the U.S. Poet Laureate in Conversation events:
Tuesday, Nov. 17
ROBERT HASS on Summer Snow, in conversation with CAMPBELL MCGRATH, Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
BILLY COLLINS on Whale Day and Other Poems, in conversation with CAMPBELL MCGRATH, Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems.
Thursday, Nov. 19
JUAN FELIPE HERRERA on Every Day We Get More Illegal, in conversation with CAMPBELL MCGRATH, Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems.
Friday, Nov. 20
JOY HARJO on When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, in conversation with CAMPBELL MCGRATH, Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems.
Saturday, Nov. 21
Librarian of Congress DR. CARLA HAYDEN, in conversation with CAMPBELL MCGRATH, Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems, with a special introduction by ROBERT CASPER, Library of Congress.
Sunday, Nov. 22
NATASHA TRETHEWEY on Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir, in conversation with author and President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ELIZABETH ALEXANDER.
For Miami Book Fair information, please visit www.miamibookfaironline.com call 305-237-3528 or email wbookfair@mdc.edu. Follow the Miami Book Fair on social media @miamibookfair. #MiamiReads, #MiamiBookFair2020 #MBF2020
Miami Book Fair contact: Lisa Palley, 305-642-3132 lpalley@bellsouth.net.