Anthem of Tenderness

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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Ruth Dickey will read at the Miami Book Fair on Saturday, November 22, at 6:00 p.m. Location: Auditorium – Building 1, Second Floor.

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Ruth Dickey has spent over 25 years working at the intersection of community building, writing, and art, now as Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. Ruth previously had the pleasure of leading organizations in Washington, DC; New Orleans, LA; Cincinnati, OH; and Seattle, WA. An ardent fan of dogs and coffee, she served as a fiction judge for the 2019 National Book Awards, and holds an MFA in poetry from UNC-Greensboro, a BS in Foreign Service, and an MA in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. Ruth is the author of the full-length collections Our hollowness sings and Mud Blooms as well as the chapbook, Paper Houses, Sky Ceilings.