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The 2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Young People’s Literature visit the Miami Book Fair to share more about their books and answer questions from hundreds of Miami-Dade County’s middle and high school students. Featured authors include Erin Bow (Simon Sort of Says), Kenneth M. Cadow (Gather), Huda Fahmy (Huda F Cares?), Dan Nott (Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day), Betty C. Tang (Parachute Kids), and Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long (More Than a Dream, The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom).

Hosted by Ebony LaDelle, author of Love Radio.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Ismery Pavon at ipavon@mdc.edu.

2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Nonfiction Jonathan Eig (King: A Life), Prudence Peiffer (The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever), Cristina Rivera Garza (Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice), John Vaillant (Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World), and Kidada E. Williams (I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction) gather for conversation, and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

Nine of the 2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Fiction Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Chain-Gang All-Stars), Aaliyah Bilal (Temple Folk), Eliot Duncan (Ponyboy), Paul Harding (This Other Eden), Tania James (Loot), Jayne Anne Phillips (Night Watch), Hanna Pylväinen (The End of Drum-Time), Justin Torres (Blackouts), and LaToya Watkins (Holler, Child) gather for conversation and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Natalie Green, Director of Programs & Partnerships at the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Poetry Oliver de la Paz (The Diaspora Sonnets), Annelyse Gelman (Vexations), José Olivarez (Promises of Gold), Paisley Rekdal (West: A Translation), Charif Shanahan (Trace Evidence), Evie Shockley (suddenly we), and Monica Youn (From From) gather for conversation and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

2023 National Book Award–honored authors and translators for Translated Literature Lisa Dillman (Abyss by Pilar Quintana), Stênio Gardel (The Words that Remain, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato), and Sam Taylor (Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop) are gather for conversation and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Natalie Green, Director of Programs & Partnerships at the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

Thirty-five of the 2023 National Book Award Longlisters, Finalists, and Winners for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature from around the country and world join Ruth Dickey, the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, for rapid-fire readings and questions.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.