Florida Book Review

Reviewing books about Florida and covering the Florida literary scene.

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New at FBR, Lauren Rivera Fernández reviews ONE BRILLIANT FLAME by @_JoyCastro, a novel taking us to Key West in 1886, when it was "a powder keg of passion and longing." https://t.co/pbw60swPnT

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Awaiting #baseball season? FBR's @rfmorison reviews BASEBALL UNDER THE PALMS: History of Miami Minor League Baseball, The Early Years, from @SunburyPress. "A team from Cocoanut Grove traveled to Lemon City for the earliest reported amateur game in 1892." https://t.co/lMbHRryNTq

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New at FBR: "An exile is never done mourning a country," writes Madari Pendás, reviewing GRIEVING FOR GUAVA, short stories by @fernandezcmf @KentuckyPress. https://t.co/pbw60swPnT

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New at FBR @_supershana_ reviews AFTER LIFE AS A HUMAN, essays by @levaleri from @RainChainPress
on "wildness, lost and sought" in #FloridaNature. https://t.co/laXyYlMEz8

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My review of @L_BuchananPhoto 's "Florida's Changing Waters" is out now at @FloridaBkReview https://t.co/W3ZQWgDJxF

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LYNNE BARRETT: Backyard Chair, Miami https://t.co/Bbr3BbiT6v

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Some have wondered why the longer river excursions at Silver Springs weren't as popular as the glass-bottom boat rides. I think if you look closely at this picture, you'll understand why the "3-hour tour" of the Silver River never caught on...

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FBR's new Feature: Freesia McKee on Elizabeth Bishop's"Questions of Travel," isolation, home, #poetry, & the future of Bishop's #literarylandmark house in Key West, @KeyWestLiterary https://t.co/V20ZFuTdzA

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New at FBR: Victoria Calderin reviews CRACKER GOTHIC by @WandaSDuncan in which, like the author, she found "A small-town craziness that drew me in." #FloridaMemoir https://t.co/laXyYlMEz8

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#Floridamemoir Read Kristin Gallagher's review of ORDINARY GIRLS by @jaquiradiaz, @AlgonquinBooks,"a love letter to girls and their stories, a celebration of those who survive and an ode to those who don’t." https://t.co/94gITLPBRb

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Full title: Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies: An Unofficial Guide to Florida's Official Symbols. @OtherMarkLane: You had us at Neon Pies. https://t.co/o8VWPq7YuA

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New: #FLHistory FBR's @nickinflux reviews Roaring Reptiles...An Unofficial Guide to Florida's Official Symbols by @OtherMarkLane @floridapress https://t.co/o8VWPpQnD2

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New at FBR: Natalie Havlina rediscovers #AliceHoffman's Turtle Moon, for our #ClassicFloridaReads series: https://t.co/MfRL0H29qg

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Our Editor @LynneBarrett & sundial's @chrisremmedia on Making Good Time, true stories of what it's like getting around in South Florida.

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South Florida consistently ranks among the worst metropolitan areas nationwide for traffic. #ifyouknowyouknow

@chrisremmedia spoke with @LynneBarrett about the the collection of short stories she edited on the best and worst of our traffic dilemma.
https://t.co/tVP9erT4YM

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Sunday after Thanksgiving: Put your feet up & catch up with all you missed at #MiamiBookFair2019 with the FloridaBkReview @MiamiBookFair blog: https://t.co/IuEyQAMQpT

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A don't-miss panel on MAKING GOOD TIME at the @MiamiBookFair, tomorrow at 11 in room 8302. Check out @LynneBarrett @alex_segura @crucet @sammymack and Terrence Cantarella! (Panel is missing from some MBF schedules, but it's on!)

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Join @LynneBarrett tomorrow for “Making Good Time: True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida” in Room 8302 tomorrow at 11am! https://t.co/GrBpCupdaD #MiamiBookFair2019

[James A B-M @JamesABM]

I'm once again reporting from the @MiamiBookFair with @FloridaBkReview all weekend — check out our live coverage at https://t.co/TFk4gJlCEu