Literary Arts
Writer Nicholas Garnett: “In the Pink”
In his late 40s, NICHOLAS GARNETT received his MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University (FIU), where he was a two-time recipient of the school’s literary award in nonfiction. He has taught creative writing at FIU, the Miami Book Fair International, and Writing Class Radio. Garnett is a freelance editor and co-producer of the Miami-based live storytelling series, Lip Service: True Stories Out Loud.
read morePeter Baker + Susan Glasser: At the Top of Their Game
PETER BAKER is the chief White House correspondent for the New York Times, responsible for reporting on President Biden, the fifth president he has covered. Mr. Baker is also a political analyst for MSNBC and a regular panelist on PBS’s “Washington Week.”
SUSAN B. GLASSER is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a weekly column on life in Washington. Her books include “Kremlin Rising” and “The Man Who Ran Washington,” both of which she co-wrote with her husband, Peter Baker.
ThumbsUp for the Inspirational Kerry Gruson
KERRY GRUSON is an inspiration to all. Though permanently paralyzed at the age of 26, after being strangled and left for dead by a hallucinating Green Beret in Hawaii, the Harvard graduate worked for the New York Times for 27 years, and participates in competitive sports.. She is the co-founder of ThumbsUp International.
read moreClaudia Christian: Actress, Author, TSM Advocate
CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN is an actress, singer and author, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on “Babylon 5,” as Captain Maynard on Fox’s “9-1-1,” and as the voice of Hera on the Netflix series “Blood of Zeus.” She is also the voice of Helga Sinclair in “Atlantis: The Lost Empire.” Christian is the founder and CEO of the C Three Foundation, the most recognized proponent of The Sinclair Method.
read moreHolocaust Awareness Week
For HOLOCAUST AWARENESS WEEK, 2022, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent Jewish writers, artists, museum and film festival directors, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
read moreThe ABCs of Paradise Found
The ABCs of Paradise Found is a stunning book by author / journalist KAREN AMANDA TOULON, and her husband, artist / illustrator ERIC RHINEHART (Published by Wordeee, COO PATRICE SAMARA). The book and Rhinehart’s watercolors will be exhibited at ANTHONY LIGGINS’ GALLERY 88, 237 20th St C, Miami Beach, FL – opening reception on January 22, 2022, 6-9 PM.
read moreThe Multi-Faceted Aurin Squire, Playwright for “A Wonderful World”
AURIN SQUIRE is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and reporter. He is a recipient of the 2014 Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center and the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwright Fellowship at The Juilliard School. His new play, “A WONDERFUL WORLD,” premiered at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach in December, 2021.
read moreCharles Blow: NYT, BNC, and “The Devil You Know”
CHARLES M. BLOW has been a New York Times Opinion columnist since 2008. His column appears on Monday and Thursday. Mr. Blow joined The New York Times in 1994 as a graphics editor and quickly became the paper’s graphics director, a position he held for nine years. He is the author of “The Devil You Know” and “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” In May, 2021, “Prime with Charles Blow” premiered on the Black News Channel (BNC).
read moreAuthor Barbara Mailer Wasserman & “Love of My Life”
Before retiring, BARBARA MAILER WASSERMAN worked as a researcher on television documentaries and an editor in publishing. A graduate of Radcliffe College, she’s lived in Greenwich Village for the past sixty-five years. Her brother, author Norman Mailer, became one of the 20th Century’s most celebrated and controversial literary figures. Her new memoir, “Love of My Life,” was published by Arbitrary Press in 2021.
read moreSandy Sheehy: “Imperiled Reef”
Author and journalist SANDY SHEEHY has written frequently on human relationships and the natural environment. She is the author of Texas Big Rich, a group portrait of the state’s financially fortunate, and Connecting: The Enduring Power of Female Friendship. Her first novel, Deserts of the Heart, is a multicultural historical romance set in 1798 near Santa Fe. Her third nonfiction book, Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder. “Drifting weightless above a coral head is the closest those of us alive today will ever come to visiting another planet,” she explains.
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