Interview with Christopher Meindl, PhD, author of Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics and Restoration (University Press of Florida, 2024)

Dan Reiter is a “surfer, author, and general contractor.” His writing has appeared in Surfer’s Journal, The Kenyon Review, and McSweeney’s, among other places. His new book, On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories from Florida’s Space Coast was published by University Press of Florida in April 2025.

Interview with Olivia Taylor, author of Welcome to the Paradise Motel (Apprentice House Press, 2025)

Interview with Andrew Furman, author of Of Slash Pines and Manatees (University Press of Florida, 2025)

Interview with Andy Huse, author of From Saloons to Steakhouses: A History of Tampa (University Press of Florida, 2024)

Author interview with Florida fiction author, Taylor Thomas Smythe

Interview with Keith Huneycutt, author of The Storm: An Antebellum Tale of Key West, which brings us a previously unpublished novella by an early Florida female author (University Press of Florida, 2024)

In order to keep "one foot in Florida, one foot in the life of the mind," we will be regularly featuring interviews with Florida authors.

Interview with Cathy Salustri, author of Florida Spectacular: Extraordinary Places and Extraordinary Lives (University of Florida Press, 2024)