The volunteers at the Book Fair have a rough job herding the audience into their seats before each event. As I entered Chapman Auditorium for the Evening with Drs. Brian and Amy Weiss, I asked one of the volunteers where I should sit. He answered, "I don't care where you sit, as long as you don't run nobody over." Looking around, I could see this might be a bit of a concern. The room was packed and the volunteers were very busy, trying to make sure all of the seats filled in an orderly fashion.

Erica K. Landau tweets from the talk of American author, Camille Paglia, in today's Miami Book Fair International.

Paglia goes off on postmodernism and that youth know nothing and that the left has nothing to offer them. #firsttwominutes #MBFI

— Erica K. Landau (@riotwoman) November 17, 2012

Miami Book Fair International goer, Hannah Sampson, tweets one-liners from author Dave Barry's talk today.

"Ppl are always surprised we have a good book fair in Miami because they think we're all degenerates. And we are. But we read." - Dave Barry

Adam Gopnik illuminates the evening with stories rather than excerpts: "I feel writers are often poor representatives of their book and the most fun is in the Q & A anyway."

Marci Calabretta is a contributor to the Florida Book Review. Calabretta attended the Adam Gopnik talk on Thursday, Nov. 15 . You can check out FBR's full live blog of the 2012 book fair here.

Miami-born LeNard Rutledge has been a fixture on the South Florida jazz scene for years. Here he talks about his work, his life, his family, and more.

Two strikes and he may be out. A second judge has ruled that he will not hear GOP Congressman Allen West's request for a recount, virtually assuring Patrick Murphy of the District 18 Congressional seat.  It happened in St.

This week on The Florida Roundup:  Have state GOP leaders taken the election as a cue to change course?