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The 2010 Writers Institute: May 5 - 8, 2010

Four days of intensive workshops on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plot, and more! All of them taught by respected visiting writers in the heart of downtown Miami at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College.

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Spring 2010 Reading Recommendations

First Year in College
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni
Chitra’s latest novel, The Palace of Illusions takes readers back to the time of the Indian epic The Mahabharat—a time that is half-history, half-myth, and wholly magical. Through her narrator Panchaali, the wife of the legendary five Pandava brothers, Divakaruni gives us a rare feminist interpretation of an epic story.

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First Year in College
Arranged Marriage by Chitra Divakaruni
Chitra’s first collection of short stories presents several portraits of women caught between two cultures and two worlds. In these stories she addresses a wide range of issues such as racism, interracial relationships, social classes and economic disparities that contribute to a deeper understanding of today’s Indian society.

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First Year in College
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
A brilliant exploration of the ultimate question: What happens to the earth when human beings disappear? The World Without Us is narrative nonfiction at its very best; it will change the way people view the world, and their place in it.

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	International Cities of Refuge (ICORN) in partnership with the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College and the City of Miami will host the first Miami: City of Refuge writer, Chenjerai Hove of Zimbabwe whose life is in peril due to the political climate in his native country. Learn more about Chenjerai Hove and check back soon for more updates.
		[Monday, March 8, 2010] Jeff Garlin presents My Footprint (a co-presentation with Books & Books) 8 p.m. \| Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables [Saturday, March 13, 2010] Storytime! with Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 2 p.m. \| Miami-Dade Public Library, Doral Branch, 10785 NW 58th Street, Miami [Tuesday, March 16, 2010] Thomas Cahill presents A Saint on Death Row (a co-presentation with Books & Books) 6:30 p.m. \| Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables [Thursday, March 18, 2010] Crime in Miami: Panel Discussion and Readings with Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford 6:30 p.m. \| Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami [Monday, March 22, 2010] Chris Cleave presents Little Bee (a co-presentation with Books & Books) 8 p.m. \| Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables [Wednesday, March 24, 2010] Dos libros pinareños sobre el proceso nacional cubano.Con la participación de Marifeli Pérez Stable, Lino Fernández, Juan Antonio Blanco Gil y Gustavo Godoy. (in Spanish) 7 p.m. \| Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Room 2106, 300 N.E. Second Avenue, Miami [Thursday, March 25, 2010] La Poesía tiene nombre de mujer (in Spanish) 8 p.m. \| Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables [Friday, March 26, 2010] Chang-Rae Lee presents The Surrendered (a co-presentation with Books & Books) 8 p.m. \| Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables

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