Miami Book Fair Authors & The Miami Farmers Market - Ep.102 - 11/9/15

Episode 102 of the Only in Miami Show features our first guest Leonard Pitts who works with the Miami Herald. He talks to us about his background and why he decided to work for the Miami Herald. We talks about the crime rates, recent articles he has written, and the struggles with the police that is happening all over the world. Moreover, we talk about “black lives matter” and go into detail as to why it’s such an important movement. In addition, we also talk about the different stories of police brutality and his new book “Grant Park.” For more information click on the link below. http://www.amazon.com/Grant-Park-Leonard-Pitts-Jr/dp/1932841911 Our second guest Art Friedrich who talks to us about the different farmers market that he has around Miami. Including the farmers market in Tropical Park. In addition, he also talks about his Organization “ Urban Oasis” which he is the president of. We then talk about the benefits of having a garden and how Art helps people grow their own garden to people grow their own food. for more information click on the link below. http://www.urbanoasisproject.org/ http://www.verdefarmandmarket.com/ Our next guest Jose Villar as he talks to us about “The Reading Queer Project” which is a festival happening inside the Miami Book Fair Festival. Their goal is to foster and promote queer literary culture in South Florida. Reading Queer events are open to the public regardless of one’s ability to pay, sexual orientation, gender, race and/or any other form of identification. However, all over their events–workshops, salons and the festival–are safe spaces for all queer-identified people and are specially designed to address the writerly needs of marginalized communities who have been denied a voice. For more information click on the link below. http://readingqueer.org/ Next we are on the air with Adam Levin as we talk about his new book “swipe” which is a book about Identify Theft. Moreover, he talks about how the book can help both businesses and ordinary people. In addition, we talk about the different types of identity theft that there are out there. Moreover, we later talk about his website credit.com and how he got the domain. In addition, he explains what credit.com does in today’s world. We also go into detail about credit, credit scores, monitoring, and different ways to benefit your credit. For more information click on the link below. http://www.amazon.com/Swiped-Yourself-Scammers-Phishers-Identity/dp/1610395875 https://adamlevin.com/ As for our final guest we have M.J, who is a Haitian American author, she talk about her background and what made her want to write stories. In addition, she talks about her new book “A Sky In The Color Of Chaos”, which is the first, book published in English. Moreover, she has had published several books in French in Haiti. The book is about her life story. In addition, she talks about the different events and panels she will have in the Miami-Dade Book fair. For more information click on the link below. http://www.amazon.com/Sky-Color-Chaos-M-J-Fievre/dp/1940761182