Max Rodriguez is the founder of the Harlem Book Fair, the nation's longest running African American book festival, and Publisher of QBR/The Black Book Review, named the "African American book review of record by Martin Arnold,  New York Times Culture Critic. He is the author of "Sacred Fire: The QBR Essential 100 Books", published by.John Wiley & Sons. He is blessed to be loved and believes mangos, flan, dark chocolate, Dominican cake, and pineapples prove the existence of God.