This is the time of year when Miami (the effects reach us all) is overwhelmed by another horde of pop-culture “stars” (psst: we haven’t heard of most of them either), with their big-city ways (that may be how they do it in London, but …), incomprehensible language (can they just use plain English?), exotic stimulants (what’s even in oolong?) and provocative fashion (the ambivalence is shocking).

Of course, we’re used to handling eight-day gaggles of globally gaga-ed DJs, F1 drivers, bold-faced chefs and supermodels. But authors? I mean, what kind of celebrity would rather be heard and not seen? It’s diabolical.

The Miami Book Fair kicks off on Sunday at Miami Dade College’s downtown Wolfson Campus for a run through Nov. 23, culminating in the signature three-day street fair beginning Nov

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