Literary Arts
Edgar Recipient Christina Lane Documents Forgotten Women of the Film Industry
DR. CHRISTINA LANE is an Edgar® Award-winning author, and educator. Her book, “Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock” is a biography of Joan Harrison who was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s closest collaborators.
read moreThe Creative Adventures of Brigitte “Bibi” Andrade
BRIGITTE “BIBI” ANDRADE a multi-talented artist, Fashion Institute of Technology graduate, and former model, is a 33 year veteran of the Beauty Industry, and the creator of a unique series of comic books.
read moreBest Selling Author Dani Shapiro
DANI SHAPIRO is the author of eleven books, and the host and creator of the hit podcast Family Secrets. Her most recent novel, “Signal Fires,” was named a best book of 2022 by NPR, Time Magazine, Washington Post, Amazon, and others, and is a national bestseller.
read moreCelebrating Women’s History Month 2024
In celebration of WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, 2023, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent women in the arts, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
read moreDavid Park: Activist Author and Educator
DAVID PARK PhD is an author, musician, and educator. Park’s research interests include critical political economy of communication, new media technologies, media and democracy, environmental sustainability, consumerism, and international communication.
read moreAdam Gopnik Does “The Real Work”
ADAM GOPNIK is a writer and essayist most well-known as a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He is also the author of 10 books.
read morePoet Major Jackson
MAJOR JACKSON is the author of six books of poetry, including “Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems” (2023), “The Absurd Man” (2020), “Roll Deep” (2015), “Holding Company” (2010), “Hoops” (2006) and “Leaving Saturn” (2002), which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and serves as the Poetry Editor of The Harvard Review.
read moreCelebrating Black History Month
In celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 2024, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent people in the arts, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
read moreBeverly & Anders Gyllenhaal: For the Birds
Retired from long careers in journalism, BEVERLY & ANDERS GYLLENHAAL have been documenting vanishing populations of birds since 2010, producing the website https://flyinglessons.us/ and authoring the book “A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds.”
read moreJudy Rakowsky: Journalist, Author
JUDY RAKOWSKY is the author of the critically acclaimed narrative nonfiction book “Jews in the Garden.” A career journalist, she spent decades on deadline as an award-winning reporter and editor at the Boston Globe, People Magazine, the Providence Journal, and other outlets.
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