Nikki Giovanni, Walter Mosley, Jamaica Kincaid among African-American, Caribbean Authors Featured at the 30th Miami Book Fair International

SflcnOctober 15, 2013

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MIAMI – Several of the country’s most renowned and celebrated contemporary African-American and Caribbean authors will be featured at this year’s 30th anniversary edition of the Miami Book Fair International (MBFI), presented by The Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College (MDC). Award-winning authors Nikki Giovanni, Walter Mosley, Jamaica Kincaid, Edwidge Danticat and Kwame Dawes are among the lineup of nearly 35 African-American and Caribbean authors who will discuss their latest works during the Fair, as well participate in book signings, readings, and one-on-one discussions.

They join other distinguished African-American authors, such as Stanley Crouch, Dr. Carl Hart, Terry McMillan, James McBride, Albert “Prodigy” Johnson and Representative John Lewis. The exciting lineup of top Caribbean authors also includes up-and-coming author David Valentine Bernard and Oonya Kempadoo. A few of the authors, though not of African nor Caribbean descent, have written and presented about African-American and the Caribbean experience in their work, such as Robert Antoni, Jonathan M. Katz and Candice Russell.

For scheduled events, please visit www.miamibookfair.com

Here’s a list of this year’s featured authors of African-American and Caribbean descent, as well as those whose work highlights black culture and interests:

African-American Authors

– Preston Allen, Every Boy Should Have a Man
– MK Asante, BUCK
– Stanley Crouch, Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
– Lolis Eric Elie, Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans
– Ru Freeman, On Sal Mal Lane
– Nikki Giovanni, Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid
– Dr. Carl Hart, High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
– Mitchell S. Jackson, The Residue Years: A Novel
– Albert “Prodigy” Johnson, H.N.I.C.
– Representative John Lewis, Mark: Book One
– Walter Mosley, Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
– Ishmael Reed, American Book Awards Moderator
– Tennessee Reed, Life Among The X Challenged
– Donald Spivey, If Only You Were White: The Life of Leroy “Satchel” Paige (Robert Paige, son of Satchel Paige and appearing with Donald Spivey)
– Terry McMillan, Who Asked You?
– L. Lamar Wilson, poetry reading, Sacrilegion
– James McBride, The Good Lord Bird
– D. Marvin Jones, Fear of a Hip Hop Planet: America’s New Dilemma
– Jason Mott, The Returned: A Novel

Caribbean Authors
– Robert Antoni, As Flies to Whatless Boys
– Elsie Augustave, The Roving Tree
– David Valentine Bernard, The Thirsty Earth: A Novel
– Edwidge Danticat, Claire of the Sea Light
– Kwame Dawes, Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems
– Thomas Glave, Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh
– Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat, All That Glitters: Non-Fiction from Sliver of Stone
– Jonathan M. Katz, The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
– Oonya Kempadoo, All Decent Animals: A Novel
Jamaica Kincaid, See Now Then: A Novel
– Montague Kobbe, The Night of the Rambler
– Candice Russell, Masterpieces of Haitian Art
– Evelyne Trouillot, Rosalie l’infâme
– George Vilson, Kandelab 101: Notated Haitian Folk And Vodou Songs, Volume 1
– M.J. Fievre, editor, All That Glitters
– June Aming, Cecly Ann Mitchell and Colleen Selvon-Rampersad (representing the Writer’s Union of Trinidad & Tobago)