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Poet Doc Patrick Clary, Dying For Beginners. At the heart of this poetry by Patrick Clary are often tough and sometimes terrible details, generated out of an intensely lived, closely observed life as an unarmed medic in platoons patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, an intern in the hospital emergency rooms of New York City, and a nationally recognized Poet-Doctor ministering tothe spiritual and bodily pains of theterminally ill in New Hampshire. His first book of poetry, Notes from a Loveletter, was published under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Mary Gordon, Stuart Dybek, and Russell Banks take a short cut. Mary Gordon, Stuart Dybek, and Russell Banks read their stuff and take a few questions from the audience.

Norman Van Aken recalls his life in the collegial world of famous chefs and their culinary arts. The 'founding father' of New World Cuisine, an international fusion of Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African and American flavors, Norman Van Aken reveals how he found his way into the 'No Experience Necessary' world of Emeril Lagasse,Charlie Trotter, Alice Waters, and Julia Child.

Deborah Wiles brings home the sixties with her National Book Award Finalist: Revolution. Two-time National Book Award Finalist offers a taste of her latest YA novel, Revolution, the second book in 'The Sixties Trilogy' at the 2014 Miami Book Fair International.

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