The Write Out Loud reading series, previously known as the Spoken Word Café, is the gathering space for South Florida’s hottest literary and musical talent.

Great Escapes
Tales of Travel from Around the World--And Beyond

Feel the walls closing in? Been a while since that last vacation? Need to get away? Come and spend an evening listening to travel-inspired stories, poetry and music ranging from the practical to the metaphysical, courtesy of some of South Florida’s best travel writers, spiritual writers, poets, and musicians. Whether you’re interested in a weekend getaway, around the world sojourn, or just want to free your mind, you’ll enjoy this evening of great escapes!

Featured authors include:

Tom Swick has been a farm worker in Alsace, an English teacher in Greece and (almost! but he declined) an informant for the pre-Solidarity Polish government. He is also the author two books, Unquiet Days: At Home in Poland, and A Way to See the World: From Texas to Transylvania with a Maverick Traveler. For 19 years was the travel editor of the Sun Sentinel. He is currently a freelance writer. Don’t miss his columns at www.worldhum.com

Fabiola Santiago was born in Matanzas, “the Athens of Cuba,” and spent summers, until emigrating to Miami in 1969, “frolicking in the bluest beach in the world, Varadero.” Santiago is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with The Miami Herald and the author of the novel, Reclaiming Paris, which takes readers on a journey from the Cuba of yesteryear to Miami and ultimately, Paris, France.

Liz Balmaseda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The Palm Beach Post. A former Miami Herald columnist whose career includes foreign correspondent stints at Newsweek and NBC News, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1993 for her columns on Haitian refugees and the Cuban-American community. Her first novel, Sweet Mary, will be published in July 2009.

Check back for the rest of the line up!

Bagua
Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.
4736 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Miami
Free and open to the public
Free parking available

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