Books

Welcome to Florida: True Tales from America’s Most Interesting State is less “Disney” and more “nudist resorts.”

“The most literary place I’ve ever lived is right here, ” the author and FIU professor tells New Times.

While Juan Vidal’s new novel, A Second Chance on Earth, is a young-adult novel, its themes are universal regardless of age.

In 2021, Laura Paresky Gould started to capture the city where she’d lived for a few decades with a new perspective.

The throughline between all of Tra Publishing’s output is creating something beautiful.

It’s never too late to start writing, according to author Dana de Greff.

Floridian author Kristen Arnett talks about her new novel, With Teeth.

Jason Katz has been slowly brewing the idea of starting a local zine for a handful of years.

South Florida People of Color hosts a Racial Healing Book Club.

Check out these book clubs riding the wave of online connection.

Your Voice Is Your Superpower teaches children about their most valuable weapon: their voice.

Portraits of Cuba is not your standard photobook.

If you’re returning to the world of reading after a long hiatus, it may be daunting to start.

Elwood Curtis watches the news coming out of Florida from his adopted home of New York City. As articles in Tampa Bay, Miami, and even international newspapers are reporting that dozens of skeletons are being unearthed on the grounds of a boys’ ostensible “reform” school, Curtis remembers. He is one of the “Nickel Boys,” those who survived inhumane conditions and continued their route to an adulthood haunted by harrowing memories.

Everywhere Cecile Richards goes, women ask her one question: “What should I do?” The organizer, women’s health advocate, and self-described troublemaker recently spoke at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. There, she recalls, “The number one question, no matter what the topic of conversation, the question on every…

Broward Public Library Foundation’s Literary Feast 2019 welcomes authors inspired by the stories of the Sunshine State.

Photographer Ian Witlen got a call from New Times’ art director just after 2:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. She had heard reports that there was an active shooter on the campus of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Witlen had graduated from the school in 2001. “I immediately thought it was just another…

The Cure gave its fans a reason to wear black in June last year when the English rock band made a tour stop in Miami. Now the group’s founding drummer, Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst, is giving fans a reason to read. This Friday, February 24, Tolhurst will wrap up his book tour promoting…