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Donation Partnership: At each of our luncheons, members and guests are invited to bring new / gently-used children's books for donation to The Miami Book Fair's Children's Trust Books for Free program. 


Please note that event attendance has a per-person, per-event fee in addition to the membership fee; unless otherwise indicated, this fee includes a copy of the featured book.

OUR CURRENT AUTHOR SERIES

    • October 01, 2024
    • April 30, 2025
    • Temple Israel of Greater Miami, 137 NE 19th St, Miami, FL 33132

     Save These 2024-2025 Dates 

    We will update this list as luncheon dates are confirmed



     

    Noon on Wednesday, October 16 

    RICHARD POWERS

    Playground

    Register HERE to Attend




    Noon on Thursday, November 14 

    ANDRE ACIMAN

    Roman Year

    Registration Will Open Soon




    Noon on Wednesday, December 11 

    SUSAN MINOT

    Don't Be a Stranger

    Registration Will Open Soon



    As of 9/18/2024

    • October 16, 2024
    • 12:00 PM
    • Temple Israel - Wolfson Auditorium, 137 NE 19 Street Miami FL 33132
    • 173
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    About Richard

    Richard Powers is the author of fourteen novels, including The Overstory, Bewilderment, and Orfeo. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.




    About the Book

    A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory and Bewilderment

    Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.

    They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island’s residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away.

    Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.


    Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

    Photo credit: Dean D. Dixon


    About the Luncheon

    • Books: Registrants will pick up their books at the luncheon.
    • Guests: Non-members are welcome to attend up to two luncheons per season. Members may bring with them an unlimited number of non-member guests, as long as the guests, individually, abide by the above Non-member Guest policy.
    • Registration: Pre-registration is required. 
    • Payment: Pre-payment is required.
    • Cancellation Policy: Refunds will not be allowed for cancellations received after registration closes, and no-shows.

    Created 9/18/2024

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