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Welcome to SWWIM Every Day’s preview coverage of Miami Book Fair (MBF) 2026! From November 2-13, watch our daily features on a selection of women and nonbinary poets appearing at MBF.

 
 

Emily Skaja will appear at the Fair on November 21, 2026 - 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Building 8, Third Floor, Room 8303. For more information, visit miamibookfaironline.com, follow @miamibookfair on Instagram and X, and join the conversation with #miamibookfair2026.


EMILY SKAJA is the author of Brute: Poems, which was selected by Joy Harjo as the winner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Her work has appeared in American Poetry Review, The Nation, and Poetry magazine. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Memphis. Black Lake: Poems (Graywolf Press) is her latest collection.


 
 
 

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