Zora Neale Hurston, A Literary Life
By Michelle Potter “It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk.” – Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora…
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Disney World for Beginners: A Twentysomething’s Guide to the Magic Kingdom
By Amanda Festa Growing up, my family took plenty of trips. We traversed beaches and mountains and partook in our fair share of amusement parks. Which is why, people…
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Unique Accommodations for the Adventurous Traveler
By Amanda Festa When my wanderlust gets the best of me but I am unable to take an impromptu trip, I find myself living vicariously through internet search engines. Recently…
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Happy Birthday, James Ponce: The Breakers’ Historian and Living Landmark turns 95
By Amanda Festa According to his biography, “Esteemed historian, James Ponce, knows more about The Breakers and the destination of Palm Beach than anyone else alive.” While this seems to…
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Southern Gothic With A Magical Twist: Swamplandia!
By Katy Kelleher Set in the sparsely inhabited swamps of the Florida Everglades, Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! is gorgeous entry into the American cannon. It is a strange book, but thanks…
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Marjory Stoneham Douglas
Marjory Stoneman Douglas became known during her lifetime, all one hundred eight years of it, as the Everglades’ patron saint, primarily because of her 1947 book The Everglades: River of…
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Hemingway in Key West
In the mid-19th century in Key West, the cigar industry transformed the island into the thirteenth largest port in the country. To get an education and to relax while they worked, the cigarmakers hired lectores, or readers, to keep them up on the news and the classics. These lectores read in both English and Spanish.
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