Tagged: Miami Book Fair International

Writer Josip Novakovich, was quoted on Twitter from Eileen Spiegler.

'No point in traveling, because the world changes so fast, it comes to you.' - Josip Novakovich #mbfi

— eileen spiegler (@espiegler) November 17, 2012

Everybody knows Junot Diaz is a cool cat. A slick dude, a sharp-talker. He’s also a literary superstar. Mix brilliance with sly wit and you’ve got a fantastic reading.

Tonight, Junot Diaz made an evening stop at the Miami Book Fair. At 6:45 pm, the Dominican-American writer sauntered up to stage wearing a faded red t-shirt and glasses. Diaz casually leaned on the podium, scanned the crowd and said, “It’s great you all came out here. It’s Monday…and you’ve got plenty of shit to do on Monday.”

Diana Moskovitz is tweeting from Hanna Rosin's talk at Miami Book Fair International today.

The End of Men is not a feminist manifesto or delusional, @hannarosin says. #MBFI

Miami Book Fair International visitor, @glenn_ebooks, tweeted a memorable moment from Harvard professor, Michael Sandel, today.

We’ve become a market society not just a market economy and it’s slowly destroying us - Michael Sandel at #MBFI

— glenn (@glenn_ebooks) November 17, 2012

The volunteers at the Book Fair have a rough job herding the audience into their seats before each event. As I entered Chapman Auditorium for the Evening with Drs. Brian and Amy Weiss, I asked one of the volunteers where I should sit. He answered, "I don't care where you sit, as long as you don't run nobody over." Looking around, I could see this might be a bit of a concern. The room was packed and the volunteers were very busy, trying to make sure all of the seats filled in an orderly fashion.

Erica K. Landau tweets from the talk of American author, Camille Paglia, in today's Miami Book Fair International.

Paglia goes off on postmodernism and that youth know nothing and that the left has nothing to offer them. #firsttwominutes #MBFI

— Erica K. Landau (@riotwoman) November 17, 2012

Miami Book Fair International goer, Hannah Sampson, tweets one-liners from author Dave Barry's talk today.

"Ppl are always surprised we have a good book fair in Miami because they think we're all degenerates. And we are. But we read." - Dave Barry