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They just got done installing

trkingmomoe — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:28:38 +0000

In reply to Miami - a swamp that's kept

They just got done installing a bunch of pumps in North Miami Beach. They won't be able to save it for too many more decades. The water is leaching up from the sandy shale that Miami and suburbs sit on.

Miami - a swamp that's kept

Beetlejuice — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:43:38 +0000

In reply to Open Thread Miami Book Fair.

Miami - a swamp that's kept dry 24/7/365.

You have to start wearing a

Oxy Mora — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:01:15 +0000

In reply to Next time!

You have to start wearing a signature hat like Norman Lear.

Next time!

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:16:18 +0000

In reply to Open Thread Miami Book Fair.

Next time!

I went to a reading and

Oxy Mora — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:32:38 +0000

In reply to I particularly liked Richard

I went to a reading and signing in LA years back. I would love to have taken a seminar with her.

My favorite of the whole cast is Azar Naifisi and her book the Republic of Imagination. The book was panned two days ago in the NYT, which may be justified. But her message and her personal delivery of it are veryimportant----that imagination, through fiction (and Liberal Arts) is essential to our free society and we need to protect and nurture it.

And I'm looking at you---Kochs---and school boards that ban books.

I missed most of that

Oxy Mora — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:14:01 +0000

In reply to Cornel West was there

I missed most of that interview but I hope it will be archived and available to download.

I particularly liked Richard

Ramona — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:10:12 +0000

In reply to Open Thread Miami Book Fair.

I particularly liked Richard Ford, Joyce Carol Oates, Ann Pachette and Norman Lear.

Drooling here. I've heard JCO before (sat across from her at dinner once, too, but she hardly said a word so that doesn't count), but the other three are favorites of mine, so that would be a real treat.

Cornel West was there

rmrd0000 — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:34:28 +0000

In reply to Open Thread Miami Book Fair.

Cornel West was there yesterday discussing his new book "Black Prophetic Fire". He did a good job reminding us about Ella Baker, a forgotten hero of the Civil Rights Movement.

Shamelessly plugging my post,

Oxy Mora — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:18:25 +0000

In reply to Open Thread Miami Book Fair.

Shamelessly plugging my post, I hope to watch Russell Banks at 1:00---if I can make it into town, buy some plumbing parts I need, pick up a deli sandwich and half and half, and make it back here in time to watch the interview.