The Miami Book Fair International—one of the largest and most diverse literary festivals in the country—began this week, and at 4 p.m. today select events will be available for viewing via livestream. The festival features a wealth of poets, including readings by the newly announced National Book Award winner in poetry—Academy Chancellor Claudia Rankine; Academy Chancellor Edward Hirsch; 2013 Academy Fellowship winner Carolyn Forché; this year's Pulitzer Prize winner Vijay Seshadri; this year's Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner Nathaniel Mackey, and this year's Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship winners Hannah Gamble, Somaz Sharif, Danez Smith, Ocean Vuong, and Wendy Xu.
Watch the Miami Book Fair Live by clicking below.