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What We’re Reading October

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October 23, 2024
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Djibouti  Read by Harry Moore Author: Elmore Leonard     Genre: Crime Fiction           Published: 2010 An American documentarian and her multi-skilled assistant arrive in the African nation Djibouti in order to document the rising wave of piracy that has afflicted the region, only to find far more than they bargained for and taking on far

Su’s Summer Books: “Ascension”

August 18, 2023
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Dear Reader, I regret to inform you that this Su’s Summer Books account will be my last. Unfortunately, summer doesn’t last an eternity, while I sometimes hope it will, so neither will this column. Accordingly, I found a finale-deserving book, a juicy April 2023-released hardcover at Bookmark, an independent
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Su’s Summer Books: Going Local With “Savage Pageant”

June 21, 2023
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Words by Su Ertekin-Taner This particular Thursday, I was hungry for some visceral verbs, some vibrant adjectives describing incisive nouns. I was starved for novel storylines and intriguing layouts, some collection of words that takes time to digest. Really, I was itching for some provocative poetry, and I found it
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Su’s Summer Books: “Klara and the Sun”

May 16, 2023
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Words by Su Ertekin-Taner It finally happened. I went on a date. I say finally because I’m not an active seeker of love; I hope it floats to me. And frankly, my academic duties and work fulfill me. But I was determined to put myself out there, perhaps, discover
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Femme Fire Books

August 2, 2022
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What began as a fun hobby for Vanessa Nicolle in 2020 has turned into a brick-and-mortar dream come true for book lovers who are passionate about diversity and inclusion. Nicolle started Femme Fire Books as a way to “celebrate diversity and encourage reading for all.” You may wonder, what’s so
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Flipping Pages

July 22, 2022
Tacky:Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King After a recent deep dive into all things Chuck Klosterman, the American essayist who focuses on popular culture, I became unsure if it was his constant mansplaining or my partner’s sudden crack-like addiction to his books that
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The Three Ds from Duval Dominating the Literary Scene

May 25, 2021
Jacksonville natives Deesha Philyaw, Dawnie Walton and Dantiel W. Moniz shake up the book world with works anchored in the experiences of Black womanhood.  “Do not set us up like this is some anomaly that happened,” Deesha Philyaw demands. Philyaw, the multiple award-winning author of the short story collection The
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Through Local Lens: Toni Smailagic is Introducing Jacksonville to Jacksonville

Through Local Lens: Toni Smailagic is Introducing Jacksonville to Jacksonville

October 8, 2019
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Interview with Toni Smailagic By the time you read this, you will have about 1 week left to order your very own copy of a ground-breaking photography book depicting the people and places we all collectively home. Local photographer and owner of Cr8Jax, , is currently running a campaign to
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Art by Megan Lawson from Tinx Just Stinks And Charlie Doesn't by Jason Woods, ©2019 All Rights Reserved

Tinx Just Stinks (But Charlie Doesn’t): Local Actor Jason Woods Creates Children’s Book

August 23, 2019
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Jason Woods uses crowdfunding to Launch his new book Tinx Just Stinks (But Charlie Doesn’t) He’s an actor, director, playwright and composer and this month, adds children’s author to his curriculum vitae. “Tinx Just Stinks (But Charlie Doesn’t)” is a charming story laced together in verse, a fanciful fairy tale of
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