An interview with Hilary Flower, author of The Kite and the Snail: An Endangered Bird, Its Unlikely Prey, and a Story of Hope in a Changing World (University Press of Florida, 2026)

An interview with Thomas Hallock, author of The Epic of Florida: Selected Poems by Juan de Castellanos, Bartolomé de Flores, and Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo (Penn State University Press, 2026)

Beneath the Byline: an interview with journalist Max Chesnes

We interviewed architectural historian Victor Deupi about his forthcoming book, Rada Photography: Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean (University Press of Florida, 2026). It comes out on January 13, 2026.

An interview with award-winning art critic and journalist Elisa Turner about her new book, Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence (University Press of Florida, 2025)

We interviewed architectural historian Victor Deupi about his forthcoming book, Rada Photography: Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean (University Press of Florida, 2026).

Gregory Enns is a fifth-generation Floridian who has been a reporter and editor in Florida and Alabama for decades. He is the founder and owner of Indian River Media Group, which includes Indian River Magazine. He has a new book out with the University Press of Florida: Cow Creek Chronicles: The Rise and Fall of an Early Florida Cattle Ranch.  We interviewed Enns about that book and Florida history.

Jason Vuic’s new book is A Town Without Pity: AIDS, Race, and Resistance in Florida’s Deep South (University Press of Florida, 2025). It comes out 10/21/25, so we chatted with him about the story of Arcadia, FL, in the year 1987, and many other things Florida-related.

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

An interview with David Morton, author of Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry (University Press of Florida, 2024)

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

Interview with Andy Huse, author of From Saloons to Steakhouses: A History of Tampa (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.