Floridiana
Interview with Christopher Meindl, author of “Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics and Restoration”
Interview with Christopher Meindl, PhD, author of Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics and Restoration (University Press of Florida, 2024)
Interview with Dan Reiter, author of “On a Rising Swell”
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.
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Elizabeth Stice reviews On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories From Florida’s Space Coast by Dan Reiter (University Press of Florida, 2025)
Interview with Andy Huse, author of “From Saloons to Steakhouses: A History of Tampa”
Interview with Andy Huse, author of From Saloons to Steakhouses: A History of Tampa (University Press of Florida, 2024)
Interview with Taylor Smythe
Author interview with Florida fiction author, Taylor Thomas Smythe
Interview with Keith Huneycutt, author of “The Storm”
Interview with Keith Huneycutt, author of The Storm: An Antebellum Tale of Key West, which brings us a previously unpublished novella by an early Florida female author (University Press of Florida, 2024)
Interview with Diego Alejandro Waisman, author of “Sunset Colonies: A Visual Elegy to South Florida’s Mobile Home Communities”
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.
Spectacular Florida: Interview with Cathy Salustri
Interview with Cathy Salustri, author of Florida Spectacular: Extraordinary Places and Extraordinary Lives (University of Florida Press, 2024)