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| The 24th Annual Miami Book Fair International  The 24th annual Miami Book Fair International will host a rich assembly of African- American and Caribbean authors Nov. 4-11 at the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus. This year's Book Fair will give fair goers a candid glimpse into the life of legendary vocalist Eddie Levert Sr., one of the founding members of the renowned 1970's soul group the O'Jay's. Levert Sr. is scheduled to take center stage with co-author Lyah Beth LeFlore to read excerpts from their book I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family and Friendship.The book is Levert's final collaboration with his late son Gerald, who passed suddenly at the age of 40 late last year. I Got Your Back gets inside the special and rare fatherson bond that these two R&B legends shared. The failures, concerns, fears, and triumphs of the talented duo are chronicled throughout the poignant book. During the book fair's Evening's With… series, spend the evening of Thursday, Nov. 8 with one of the most highly regarded poets of the modern age, Nikki Giovanni. Christened early on her career as the Princess of Black Poetry and recently making it onto Oprah Winfrey's twenty-five Living Legends list, Giovanni returns to the fair to share from her book Acolytes, a collection of new poems and prose depicting the powerful elements and forces in her life. The Caribbean Voices Program will feature Edwidge Danticat, who's memoir, Brother, I'm Dying, weaves her most intimate tale yet of brotherhood and family amid Haiti's and the United States' chaotic circumstances. Other authors will include Jane Bryce, Oonya Kempadoo, Rabindranath Maharaj, Kim Robinson-Walcott and Anthony C.Winkler. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |