Edmund White Rimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel), Les Standiford, The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday .. Read More

Mr. Soussan spoke about his book Backstabbing for Beginners. He talked about the time he spent working for the UN with Iraq's Oil For Food Program, specifically how the program was saturated .. Read More

Senator Martinez spoke about his autobiography U.S. Senate, One Man's Pursuit of the American Dream, published by Crown Forum. He responded to telephone calls prior to his speech at the Miami .. Read More

Senator Mel Martinez spoke about his childhood in Cuba, specifically the transition from his native Cuba to the US. He talked about the effect of the Castro revolution on him and his family. The .. Read More

Eduardo Padron, president of Miami Dade College, talked about the creation of the Miami Book Fair and the role of the Fair in educating the community. In 2008, the Miami Book Fair celebrated its .. Read More

Vernon Jordan spoke about his book Make it Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out (PublicAffairs; November 3, 2008). His book is about the history of the oral tradition of storytelling, .. Read More

Phones were opened for viewers to call in about the Miami Book Fair. The video in the background was a live feed of the Miami Book Fair. Attendees to the Fair were interviewed.

The panelists talked about the phenomenon of strategically directed terror in militarized conflicts. Dexter Filkins talked about Iraq and Afghanistan from 1998-2008 and focused on the daily life of .. Read More

Hooman Majd, spoke about the book The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran and responded to telephone calls. He was interviewed on the BookTV Bus while at the Miami Book Fair .. Read More

Following remarks by administrators of the Miami Book Fair International, Salman Rushdie was interviewed by Nathan Englander. Mr. Rushdie talked about his book The Enchantress of Florance, .. Read More

Roy Blount, Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, ... With Examples of Their .. Read More