Literary Arts
Genre Defying Author Julie Marie Wade
JULIE MARIE WADE is the author of 22 volumes of poetry, prose, and hybrid forms, including the new memoir “Other People’s Mothers” (University Press of Florida, 2025). Wade is Professor of English & Creative Writing at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami.
read morePhotographer Robin Hill: The Way He Sees It
ROBIN HILL is an award-winning architecture, design, and fine art photographer based in New York and Miami. He has collaborated on more than 20 books, and received the AIA award for Florida in 2015 as the Architectural Photographer of the Year.
read moreRosa Lowinger: Author, Art Conservator, Curator
ROSA LOWINGER is a noted Cuban-born American writer, curator, and art conservator. She is the author of “Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair,” and “Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub.”
read moreJewish American Heritage Month
For JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 2026, we have curated a group of video conversations from the ArtSpeak archives with impactful Jewish-American writers, artists, architects, and performance artists.
read moreWhy We Read Fiction
A novelist, journalist and educator, ANNE BERNAYS has been writing for over 40 years. In 1980, Bernays also began her journey as a writing professor at Harvard University, and became a professor of creative writing at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.
read moreDiana McCaulay: Author, Founder of J.E.T.
DIANA McCAULAY is a much nominated and awarded Jamaican writer, environmental activist and a lifelong resident of its capital city Kingston. She has written six novels. Her most recent novel is “A House for MIss Pauline.” She is the founder of the Jamaica Environment Trust (J.E.T.)
read moreCelebrating National Poetry Month 2026
In celebration of NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2026, we have curated a group of video conversations curated from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent impactful poets.
read moreDream 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.
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