I had a wonderful time presenting MELTED AWAY at the Miami Book Fair this past weekend. I met new readers, listened in on fellow authors’ readings, and schmoozed with longtime friends and colleagues from the Miami area. I also got to hang out with climatologist Michael E. Mann, who endorsed my book before I was… Read more »
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- Books & Books, in Coral Gables, is one of my favorite bookstores. I used to sell books there (in the original storefront) in the 1990s, and in the early 2000s I wrote their monthly newsletter. I remember reading Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer” in the front window of the Books & Books location during Banned Books Weeks. Owner Mitchell Kaplan’s commitment to freedom of expression has never wavered. Credit: Books & Books
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- I used to lose myself in the stacks of the Strand Bookstore, in lower Manhattan, when I lived in the East Village in my 20s. If someone would like to throw me a post-reading party in the Strand’s atmospheric Rare Books Room, I would not mind at all. Credit: Booksbooks431
