Literary Arts
Dream Team: Books & Books + The Betsy Hotel
The Betsy-South Beach (thebetsyhotel.com), in partnership with Books & Books (booksandbooks.com) will collaborate on a new literary series. All program events will take place at The Betsy Hotel, 1440 Ocean Drive. Miami Beach, Florida, on the last Sunday of every month.
read moreHester Kaplan: Writer, Editor, Educator
HESTER KAPLAN is a writer, editor, and educator. Her most recent book, “Twice Born” (2025), is a memoir of her relationship with her parents, primarily her father, Pulitzer Prize recipient Justin Kaplan.
read moreCelebrating Black History Month
In celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 2026, 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 moreCelebrating Women’s History Month 2026
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 moreInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day
For INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBERANCE DAY, 2026, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent Jewish writers, artists, museum and film festival directors.
read moreNicholas Griffin’s New Play — “English Only”
NICHOLAS GRIFFIN’S new play, “English Only,” is based on events in Miami in 1980, and will open at the Colony Theatre on January 29th, running through February, 13th.
read moreAuthor Hayden Herrera: From “Frida” to “Upper Bohemia”
HAYDEN HERRERA is an art historian, critic, and biographer. Her doctoral dissertation about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo became her first book: “Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo,” which was made into the movie “Frida,” starring Salma Hayek.
read moreStoryteller John Dufresne
JOHN DUFRESNE is an award-winning, best-selling novelist and short story writer. He has also written six books on the craft of fiction writing.
read moreJane Leavy: Make Me Commissioner of MLB
JANE LEAVY is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created,” “The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood” and “Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy,” and the comic novel “Squeeze Play,” which Entertainment Weekly called “the best novel ever written about baseball.”
read more“Literally Everyone’s Invited: An Ode to South Florida”
TOM HUDSON is WLRN’s Senior Economics Editor and Special Correspondent. MELODY SANTIAGO CUMMINGS is the Executive Director of O, Miami. We discuss O, Miami’s new book, “Literally Everyone’s Invited: An Ode to South Florida,” and the huge success of ZipOdes.
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