Nice Guys Finish Last

Welcome to SWWIM Every Day’s preview coverage of Miami Book Fair (MBF) 2025! We’ve been partnering with MBF since 2020 to bring you stimulating, inspiring work. From November 3 to 14, watch daily features on a selection of poets, just a glimpse of the incredible authors participating in this year’s MBF, the nation’s largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages. For more information about these and other authors, visit miamibookfaironline.com, follow @miamibookfair on Instagram and X, and join the conversation with #miamibookfair2025.

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Simone Zapata will read at the Miami Book Fair on Saturday, November 22, at 12 p.m. Location: Building 8, Third Floor, Room 8303.

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Simone Zapata is a poet, editor, and educator from San José, CA. Her writing can be found in Beloit Poetry Journal, Dilettante Army, Foglifter, Inverted Syntax, and Brink Literary Journal, where she served as the inaugural Emerging Writer Fellow in Hybrid Writing. Zapata’s work has been supported by Community of Writers, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and is currently the 2025 Poetry Fellow for Miami Book Fair.