Category Archives: FORUM Article Archive
The Hero With a Thousand Purses
Is my flea-market obsession pathetic or a manifestation of man’s eternal search for meaning? By [...]
Consider the Cow
The placid beasts are key players in the state’s economy—and ecology. By Isaac Eger Growing [...]
States of Grace
Upending our assumptions, filmmaker Barry Jenkins finds tenderness and hope where we least expect them [...]
The Song that Changed the World
“Margaritaville” and the power of Jimmy Buffett By Ryan White January, 1977. The temperature dropped [...]
Miami Vice
Edna Buchanan fell in love with the city and became its quintessential chronicler of crime [...]
Close Encounters of the Presidential Kind
How U.S. presidents have visited, inspired, battled and shaped the Sunshine State By Jim Clark [...]
Places in our Hearts
Five noted authors reflect on a Florida setting that inspires them. Their stories couldn’t be [...]
Nowhereland
How the lot-sales boom created faceless Florida communities that bedevil the state to this day. [...]
The School Masters
The history of the men that created the famous Florida architectural style known as the [...]
Cover to Cover
The Florida Book Awards were founded in 2006 to recognize the state’s literary tradition. This [...]