Florida Storm Stories
Florida, sadly, does not lack for storms, as many of us have been reminded in the last month. The sensory evidence of Helene’s and Milton’s rampages is everywhere, not just…
Jaws 3-D Turns 40!
Truth be told, I never got to see “Jaws 3” in 3-D. I was denied the chance in the summer of 1983, when I begged my eight-months-pregnant mom to take…
Human Landscapes in Southwest Florida
In September of 2010, Boston.com compiled, “with the help of Google Earth” a really fascinating array of photos for its Big Picture feature, inspired by reports in the wake of…
We’re Taking a Midseason Break!
The clubhouse will be closed this week (short hiatus!), but Florida Book Club will return on April 5 with a hunger-inducing talk featuring Andy Huse, Barbara Cruz, and Jeff Houck,…
Florida’s Vanishing Wildlife (1992)
The 1992 coloring book Florida’s Vanishing Wildlife evinces a level of ecological awareness I found startling for its time, and in a coloring book no less.
Laura van den Berg’s “Lizards” would have been a great novel
It’s not often I finish a short story and wish it had been a novel. Laura van den Berg’s “Lizards” was one of those rare exceptions.
Fiskadoro is Underrated, Overlooked Within Two Canons
Within the oeuvre of Key West literature, and even within the author's own body of work, Denis Johnson's Fiskadoro is sadly overlooked.
Growing Up After Apocalyptic Climate Change
The young protagonists of Rick Wilber’s “Finals” and Karen Russell’s “The Gondoliers” share a bleak optimism in their ruined Florida landscapes.