Literary Arts
Lawrence Wright: “Mr. Texas” +
LAWRENCE WRIGHT is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He received a Pulitzer Prize for “The Looming Tower.” His latest novel is called “Mr. Texas.”
read moreAuthor Joel F. Johnson: Tales of the South
JOEL F. JOHNSON is the author of the novel “Never” (Arbitrary Press, 2023), a coming-of-age story in the segregated South, and “Where Inches Seem Miles,” a collection of poetry.
read moreIn Memoriam: Dr. Enid Curtis Pinkney
DR. ENID CURTIS PINKNEY (1931-2024) passed away on July 18, 2024 at the age of 92. She will be most remembered for saving the Hampton House in Brownsville from the Miami wrecking ball, and raising the funds to restore it to National Historic Registry standards. She was the founder of the Historic Hampton House Museum.
read morePoet Elizabeth Jacobson
ELIZABETH JACOBSON was the fifth Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico and an Academy of American Poets 2020 Laureate Fellow. Her third collection of poems, “There are as Many Songs in the World as Branches of Coral,” will be published in 2025 by Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press.
read moreAna Menéndez: Author, Journalist, Educator
ANA MENÉNDEZ has published five books of fiction: “The Apartment” (2023), “Adios, Happy Homeland!” (2011), “The Last War” (2009), “Loving Che” (2004) and “In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd” (2001), whose title story won a Pushcart Prize. She has worked as a journalist in the United States and abroad, lastly as a prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald.
read moreCartoonist Bill Griffith: Creator of Zippy the Pinhead
Cartoonist BILL GRIFFITH is best known for his surreal daily comic strip ZIPPY THE PINHEAD. The catchphrase “Are we having fun yet?” is credited to Griffith.
read more“The Hours” & “Day” — A Video Chat with Pulitzer Prize Recipient Michael Cunningham
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM is an author and screenwriter. He has written eight novels, two screenplays, and a collection of short stories and non-fiction pieces. Cunningham is most well known for his 1998 novel, “The Hours,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was later adapted into a movie starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman.
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 moreEdgar 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 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.
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