{"id":12734,"date":"2017-11-24T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T22:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2021-01-21T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:34:31","slug":"authors-drag-queens-former-vice-president-welcome-book-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/authors-drag-queens-former-vice-president-welcome-book-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors, Drag Queens And A Former Vice President: Welcome To The Book Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 34th annual Miami Book Fair, which ran from Nov. 12 to Nov. 19., brought thousands of people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/search\/?q=%22Wolfson%20Campus%22\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wolfson Campus<\/span><\/a> to enjoy writers, artists and presenters from around the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorful tents lined the streets of downtown Miami while attendees explored events like Lights On at The Porch, where guests enjoyed live comedy and musical performances, Kitchen Stadium, which included live cooking demos and ReadCaribbean, a program that allowed visitors the chance to explore Caribbean literature. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book Fair kicked off with it\u2019s popular <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Conversation With\u2026 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">event on Nov. 12, when journalist Dan Rather spoke about his current book <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookbrowse.com\/bb_briefs\/detail\/index.cfm\/ezine_preview_number\/12780\/what-unites-us\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other speakers who appeared later in the week included singer Patti Smith, playwright Wallace Shawn and former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile who spoke with CNN political commentator\u2014and Miami resident\u2014 Ana Navarro about the challenging experience running the DNC during the 2016 election amid Russian hacking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[Russian hacking] was a 21st-century crime. It was a cyber crime. This was an attack by a hostile foreign power,\u201d Brazile said in the hour-long conversation. \u201cI still want the American people to be outraged.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The series also included anchor Katy Tur who spoke about her experiences covering the Donald Trump campaign and her novel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be here. The Miami Book Fair is legendary,\u201d Tur said. \u201cIt\u2019s good for authors because you get a lot of recognition and get a lot of people getting curious about the book and it\u2019s good for Miami because books are good for everybody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All forms of writing found a venue to shine during the weekend at The Street Fair\u2019s booths, which ranged from comic books to meditation guides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBooks are the physical manifestation of art,\u201d said Gene Luen Yang, a comic-book artist and a national ambassador for young people\u2019s literature, who frequents the Book Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author and journalist Walter Isaacson also returned to the Book Fair on Nov. 18 to speak about his latest novel, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonardo da Vinci<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMiami is a deeply creative city where people love the arts, the sciences, and the humanities,\u201d Isaacson said. \u201cI think creativity occurs when you have a tolerant, diverse community when people are both creative and love technology and that\u2019s why I love Miami.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book Fair didn\u2019t run completely without a hitch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democratic senator Al Franken of Minnesota, set to be the closing speaker, canceled his appearance on Nov. 17 due to a sexual harassment accusation by radio host Leeann Tweeden. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that cancellation didn\u2019t threaten to stop the Book Fair\u2019s momentum as it hosted its keynote speaker, former Vice President Joe Biden, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden, on a book tour for his memoir <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spoke with author George Saunders about the aftermath of his son Beau Biden\u2019s death, where he sees the country now and how he thinks it can move forward through \u201cone of \u00a0the most dangerous times in American history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re high-bound by traditions\u201d Biden said. \u201cThe world is ours. 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