Tag: Books & Books
A widow’s memoir of Paul Auster comes to Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Paul Auster told his wife he wanted to return as a ghost. He died on April 30, 2024, at 77, from complications of lung cancer…
History arrives early: Robert Watson brings the Declaration to Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In July 2026, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — the document that announced to the world that…
Tracing American life from the 1980s to Covid, Jay McInerney brings Calloway saga to a close
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In the last days of March 2020, as New York shut down and the shape of what was coming became clear, Jay McInerney walked past…
Miami Film Festival returns to Coral Gables — with a hometown producer behind one of its biggest premieres
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The 43rd Miami Film Festival opens Thursday, April 9, and runs through April 19 — ten days of more than 160 films from 45 countries,…
Patrick Radden Keefe brings ‘London Falling’ to Coral Gables
By Coral Gables Gazette staff There is a particular kind of Patrick Radden Keefe book. It begins with a death or a disappearance — something specific, something human — and…
Russian journalist sentenced to prison will speak at Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In July 2024, a Moscow court sentenced Mikhail Zygar to eight and a half years in prison for disseminating what Russia called “fake news” about…
Shakespeare and exile take center stage at Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Questions of exile, belonging and identity — themes that echo through centuries of literature and contemporary global life — will take center stage Thursday evening…
Oliver Libby brings ‘strong floor, no ceiling’ vision to Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff At a moment when national politics feels locked in grievance and gridlock, civic entrepreneur Oliver B. Libby arrives in Coral Gables with a proposition: rebuild…
Meacham urges moral renewal, civic grace at Books and Books event
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Before a packed audience at Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest on February 21, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Jon Meacham delivered a message both sobering…
Power, wealth and the presidency: Megan Gorman examines the financial lives of America’s leaders
By Coral Gables Gazette staff What can the personal finances of American presidents reveal about power, leadership, and the American dream? Author and wealth manager Megan Gorman explores that question…
