FORUM Fall 2019

THIS FLORIDA LIFE
Meet Florida’s most recent poet laureate, Peter Meinke, who talks about his inspirations and what poetry should do.
By Jacki Levine

COVER STORY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A FLORIDIAN?
1919-2019, A FLORIDA PORTRAIT
We look at Florida’s version of the “American Century” — the transformative moments and people who helped create the story of Florida.
By Gary Mormino

LITERARY FOOTSTEPS
Harriet Beecher Stowe, a Florida snowbird
The abolitionist author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin spent 20 winters escaping the New England cold in a quirky cabin in Mandarin, near Jacksonville. The experience transformed her writing and sparked a tourist boom.
By Michele Navakas

HERITAGE KITCHEN
Taste of the Sun
These Miami restaurateurs combine flavors of his mother’s native Caribbean and their
Florida home.
By Betty Cortina

100 YEARS OF HISTORY
The Banyan Arts Social and Pleasure Club, an art and environmentalist retreat that
recently celebrated its 100th birthday, stands as a bastion of old Naples history.
By Jacki Lydon

INSIDER’S FLORIDA: After the Storm
A crime novelist and Panhandle native takes us on a trip to St. Andrews, a Gulf community that is pulling together with creativity as it recovers from a devastating storm.
By Michael Lister

Women’s suffrage centennial
A story of how the struggle played out in Florida, as women fought for the right to vote.
By Peggy Macdonald

STATE OF WONDER: Birds of a colorful feather
On one of her frequent visits to North Florida, this photographer hit the visual jackpot when she spotted a group of roseate spoonbills and a wood stork gathered near a bridge.
By Patty Previc Graham