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We chatted with award-winning author Sue William Silverman. Silverman's newest poetry collection, 'If The Girl Never Learns,' is available next week (April 2) from Brick Mantel Books. She teaches writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts and is the author of three memoirs, two other poetry collections, and a craft book on writing.

Lilliam Rivera; her novel 'The Education of Margot Sanchez' was nominated for the 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adult Adults (by #YALSA) and has been a featured speaker in countless schools and at several book festivals. Also a teacher of creative writing workshops, Rivera's latest book, Dealing in Dreams, was just released.

Heather Havrilesky on "What if this Were Enough?: Essays" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford for PBS Books.

Anna Clark on "The Poisoned City:Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Jeffrey Brown. When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins.

Rebecca Traister on "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford. From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement.

Kevin Young on Brown: Poems at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford. James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection.

Glynnis Macnicol on "No One Tells You This" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford.

Nic Stone on "Odd One Out" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford. From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin comes an honest and touching depiction of friendship, first love, and everything in between. Perfect for fans of Love, Simon and What If It's Us.

Elaine Pagels on "Why Religion? A Personal Story" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Jeffrey Brown.

Gregory Pardlo on "Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition & Manhood in America" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford. From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: an extraordinary memoir and blistering meditation on fatherhood, race, addiction, and ambition.

Steve Kornacki on "The Red and The Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Rich Fahle. From MSNBC correspondent Steve Kornacki, a lively and sweeping history of the birth of political tribalism in the 1990s—one that brings critical new understanding to our current political landscape from Clinton to Trump

Michael Ondaatje on "Warlight: A Novel" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Jeffrey Brown. From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of The English Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers.

Fatima Farheen Mirza on A Place For Us A Novel at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Rich Fahle. The first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker’s new imprint, SJP for Hogarth, A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity, and belonging

Jason Reynolds on "Lu" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford. Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the climax to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning Track series from Jason Reynolds.

David Grann on "White Darkness" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Rich Fahle for PBS Books. By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs

John Grisham on "The Reckoning" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Jeffrey Brown. “A murder mystery, a courtroom drama, a family saga…The Reckoning is Grisham's argument that he's not just a boilerplate thriller writer. Most jurors will think the counselor has made his case.” —USA Today

David Levithan on Someday at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Ashley Ford. Every day a new body. Every day a new life. Every day a new choice. For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person's body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. A always thought there wasn't anyone else who had a life like this.

Curtis Sittenfeld on "You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Rich Fahle. A suburban mother of two fantasizes about the downfall of an old friend whose wholesome lifestyle empire may or may not be built on a lie. A high-powered lawyer honeymooning with her husband is caught off guard by the appearance of the girl who tormented her in high school.

Tommy Orange on "There, There" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Rich Fahle. “This is a novel about what it means to inhabit a land both yours and stolen from you, to simultaneously contend with the weight of belonging and unbelonging. There is an organic power to this book—a revelatory, controlled chaos. Tommy Orange writes the way a storm makes landfall.” —Omar El Akkad

Glory Edim on "Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interviewed by Jeffrey Brown. Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives—but not everyone regularly sees themselves in the pages of a book.