Genre: Grantee Story

I want to shout out my friend Justin Taylor’s memoir Riding With the Ghost, which takes place partially in Florida (Justin grew up in Miami), and is coming out in paperback… Read More

I had the privilege and pleasure earlier this week of moderating a discussion of Lauren Groff’s incredible short story collection Florida, with writer and editor John Freeman, and Erica Hall,… Read More

After my brother died, my sister found his plans for a garden he was readying for the spring. She offered the idea to plant seeds in remembrance of him, so… Read More

Today I am writing my 25th and final blog for Creative Pinellas. It is hard to believe that these seven months have come to an end. When I published my… Read More

This is a discussion post taken from a course I took through UF Arts in Medicine program. New insights into illness gathered from this week’s literature centered around isolation. Illness… Read More

It feels a bit strange to say that this is my last blog as an emerging artist grantee, but at the same time it feels like it comes at the… Read More

Like many people, I don’t enjoy going to the dentist. The scraping and scratching are like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I usually meditate myself to somewhere else—a… Read More

Last night I wrote this tweet.   Today I thought I’d expound.  Some authors are a brand. They create stories within similar settings or with similar themes to give their… Read More

Blog #25   Poetry is my language of love, because for me, my poems are mostly love poems to the world, and prayers. It’s the best and biggest beauty I… Read More