December 1, 2020 . . . The Arts Coast Journal needs to ask, what work of art makes you feel like celebrating? The lively range of answers that we got… Read More
Genre: Literary
Florida Writer
Recently, the University of Tampa’s Macdonald-Kelce library invited me to read my story “Pablo Escobar” for its UTWrites series. The story is part of the Tampa Bay Noir anthology, which… Read More
3: Landscapes and Desolation
Blog 3 The word that’s been bouncing around in my head so much these days is “desolation.” Usually, when I use that word in fiction, I’m referring to a place…. Read More
Touring Tampa Bay Book Sites with Alice in Wonderland
November 2, 2020 | By Margo Hammond Touring Tampa Bay Book Sites with Alice (yes, that Alice!) and the Florida Bibliophile Society . . . “We apologize to Alice for… Read More
Fiction and Poetry
October 12, 2020 | Curated by Maureen McDole Poems by Wayne S. Williams . . . The Bus His eyes open again, as they have with every imperfection of the… Read More
Kerouac in St. Pete
October 1, 2020 | By Margo Hammond Honoring the Beat Prophet in his Adopted Hometown . . . “‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown.” – Matthew 13:57… Read More
Creatives and Suicide
I lost a longtime friend to suicide a few weeks ago. She was strong, vivacious, successful, well-traveled and smart. If you ever met her, you would remember her –… Read More
Cindy Stovall, Arts Ambassador
I am a career nurse, manager and corporate educator turned journalist. In nursing, my particular expertise was in the areas of critical care, pediatrics and post anesthesia care. I have… Read More
Paradise Found – Take a Book. Leave a Book.
. . . “I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library.” I thought of that quote by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges when all the public libraries were… Read More
Reading Nature
August 7, 2020 | By Margo Hammond . . . On walks through my neighborhood in south St. Petersburg — a daily ritual I have adopted during this time of… Read More
