. >> host: doctor eduardo petrone of miami-dade college and cofounder of the miami book fair, thank you for your hospitality. as i said we are on the campus of miami-dade college and there are a lot of booths. you see these all along here and these booths are often sponsored by individual authors or sponsored by publishing houses or whatever but we ran across an author we wanted to introduce you to, laura, here is her book, wife beater shirt optional. what is your theme in here? >> my name is domestic violence if the stereotype of people wearing what they call wife beater shirts whether they are men or even women. it can happen to anybody in any socioeconomic group or anybody. >> host: with the national conversation we are having right now, do you consider some of the events publicized, domestic violence? it >> guest: it definitely is about power and control. domestic violence isn't usually a problem with anger. it is about control in a relationship. a lot of the anger is about losing control or not having control and what we are seeing in the media is powerful people who have abused th

and joining us is one of the cofounders, doctor eduardo petrone who has a day job at miami-dade collegeanytime we are down here, this looks like a street for but we are in the middle of the college campus. >> absolutely, this is our campus downtown, right here in the center of the city at the center option in miami, the civic life, political life, books and writers, what -- all year round. in november we do a book fair, hundreds of thousands of people to the campus and from all over the world and booktv. >> host: how many students attend here? >> guest: about 170,000, the largest institution in the nation. >> host: how did you get so big? >> guest: we are an institution. very high quality, very excessive community. this is everyone's college in miami, hardly a household's, nothing touched by this institution including me. it is an institution, touching the american dream. >> while we were standing here, 7 people walked up and thanked you and said thank you for access, thank you for community. what is your philosophy behind that? >> education is the most important equalizer we have espec