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Juan Vidal Tackles Grief Through Verse in A Second Chance on Earth

By Carolina Del Busto

Aug 22, 2024

While Juan Vidal's new novel, A Second Chance on Earth, is a young-adult novel, its themes are universal regardless of age.

In Seeing Differently, Laura Paresky Gould Captures Joy With Minimalist Photography

By Liz Tracy

Nov 29, 2023

In 2021, Laura Paresky Gould started to capture the city where she'd lived for a few decades with a new perspective.

Punk Under the Sun Documents the 1980s Miami Music Scene

By David Rolland

Nov 6, 2023

Chris Potash and Joey Seeman's book serves as the definitive tome on the underground music scene of 1980s Miami.

Tra Publishing Shares the Joy of Holding a Book

By David Rolland

Aug 30, 2023

The throughline between all of Tra Publishing's output is creating something beautiful.

Miami Author Dana de Greff's New Book Is Tailored for Fellow Writers

By Carolina Del Busto

Mar 8, 2022

It’s never too late to start writing, according to author Dana de Greff.

In With Teeth, Kristen Arnett Focuses on Messy Queers and Dysfunctional Relationships

By Juan Antonio Barquin

May 13, 2021

Floridian author Kristen Arnett talks about her new novel, With Teeth.

The Islandia Journal Is a Collection of Bizarre Florida Tales

By Carolina Del Busto

May 4, 2021

Jason Katz has been slowly brewing the idea of starting a local zine for a handful of years.

Racial Healing Book Club Aims to Make People “Be Less Stupid About Race”

By Tyler Francischine

Feb 1, 2021

South Florida People of Color hosts a Racial Healing Book Club.

Six Online Book Clubs to Keep You Reading IRL

By Jackie De Freitas

Nov 9, 2020

Check out these book clubs riding the wave of online connection.

First Amendment Children’s Book Teaches a New Generation About Freedom of Speech

By Carolina Del Busto

Oct 26, 2020

Your Voice Is Your Superpower teaches children about their most valuable weapon: their voice.

In His New Photobook, Daniel Duncan Captures Rare Glimpse of Cuba

By Carolina Del Busto

Aug 12, 2020

Portraits of Cuba is not your standard photobook.

Get Back Into Reading During the Coronavirus Shutdown

By April Dobbins

Mar 26, 2020

If you're returning to the world of reading after a long hiatus, it may be daunting to start.

Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys Imagines Life Inside Florida's Infamous Dozier School

By Lorraine Berry

Jul 11, 2019

Elwood Curtis watches the news coming out of Florida from his adopted home of New York City. As articles in Tampa Bay, Miami, and even international newspapers are reporting that dozens of skeletons are being unearthed on the grounds of a boys’ ostensible “reform” school, Curtis remembers. He is one of the "Nickel Boys," those who survived inhumane conditions and continued their route to an adulthood haunted by harrowing memories.

Cecile Richards on 2020 Elections and Florida: "This Is Not a Static State"

By Ciara LaVelle

Mar 21, 2019

Everywhere Cecile Richards goes, women ask her one question: "What should I do?" The organizer, women's health advocate, and self-described troublemaker recently spoke at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. There, she recalls, "The number one question, no matter what the topic of conversation, the question on every...

Four Authors to Watch at Broward's 2019 Literary Feast

By Juliana Accioly

Mar 1, 2019

Broward Public Library Foundation's Literary Feast 2019 welcomes authors inspired by the stories of the Sunshine State.

Photojournalist Ian Witlen Documents the #NeverAgain Movement at His Parkland Alma Mater

By Liz Tracy

Aug 7, 2018

Photographer Ian Witlen got a call from New Times' art director just after 2:30 p.m. on Valentine's Day. She had heard reports that there was an active shooter on the campus of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Witlen had graduated from the school in 2001. "I immediately thought it was just another...

The Cure and Vanilla Fudge Drummers Visit Radio-Active Records for Book Signings

By Emily Bloch

Feb 22, 2017

The Cure gave its fans a reason to wear black in June last year when the English rock band made a tour stop in Miami. Now the group’s founding drummer, Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst, is giving fans a reason to read. This Friday, February 24, Tolhurst will wrap up his book tour promoting...

Amid Art Basel 2015, Erick Lyle's Streetopia Offers Another Angle

By Mr. Entertainment

Dec 4, 2015

Mr. Entertainment is a South Florida musician and herald of the local scene since the 19-somethings and serves as the unofficial Musical Mayor of Hollywood. I have just finished reading the newly released Streetopia, published by Brooklyn Imprint. It's a photographic and verbal documentary of a massive anti-gentrification art festival that took...

Rosston Meyer Crafts Pop Up Books as Art

By Abel Folgar

Jan 12, 2015

Rosston Meyer is an artist of a high order; a craftsman, a warrior in the age of digital incursions. And anything related with true craftsmanship is hard to come by in this day and age. He is one, if not the only artist, making a real stab in a oft-ignored...

Amy Fiddler, Former Indie Record Label Entrepreneur Publishes Debut Novel About "the Ultimate Music Fan"

By Abel Folgar

Nov 14, 2014

Amy Fleisher Madden, better known to South Florida's punk scene as Amy Fiddler, began a strange journey into self-publication and independent record label operating at the tender age of 16. Her fanzine, Fiddler Jones was indicative of the pop punk '90s with a Cometbus-styled bend that balanced band interviews, reviews,...

Books

Craig Pittman's Latest Book, Welcome to Florida

John Dufresne's Latest Book Is Inspired by South Florida

Books

Craig Pittman's Latest Book, Welcome to Florida

John Dufresne's Latest Book Is Inspired by South Florida

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