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Poet Doc Patrick Clary, Dying For Beginners. At the heart of this poetry by Patrick Clary are often tough and sometimes terrible details, generated out of an intensely lived, closely observed life as an unarmed medic in platoons patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, an intern in the hospital emergency rooms of New York City, and a nationally recognized Poet-Doctor ministering tothe spiritual and bodily pains of theterminally ill in New Hampshire. His first book of poetry, Notes from a Loveletter, was published under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Jonathan Lethem, Michael Thomas, and Ben Greenman mix fact and fiction for potent prose. Three of America's award-winning young writers read from their work and reflect on the point of it.the

Steven Raichlen preaches the worldwide wonders of barbecuing. Speaking at the 2008 Miami Book Fair International, barbecue 'evangelist' and award-winning cookbook author Steven Raichlen offers a spirited account of the genesis of barbecuing around the world, and the wide variety of cultural influences in fire-making, seasonings, and meats.

Grant Morrison brings Batman and Robin back from the future. The Scottish playwright and master of the universe of comic creator's Grant Morrison shocks and awes his fans at the 2008 New York Comic Con.

Kurt Aldag: The Moral of the Story. Kurt Aldag, founder of the iReadNet video book tour and author news network, tells a little story with a moral and an invitation to authors everywhere.