“Wow.” Prosecutor Jeff Ashton mouthed the word of disbelief as the jury handed down its verdict in the Casey Anthony case last summer. He wasn’t alone at being stunned at hearing ”not guilty” on the three felony counts. I know I was among the many Orlando residents who had followed the case for three years who were [...]
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Liar, liar
Posted in Nonfiction, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, tagged Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Imperfect Justice, Jeff Ashton, Orlando, trial on November 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Central Florida B.D. (Before Disney)
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Southern Books, Thoughts on Books, Writing and Reading, tagged Central Florida, comedy of errors, Disney, Fiction, Man Martin, Okra pick, Orlando, Paradise Dogs, Southern books on July 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Man Martin’s Paradise Dogs shouts “retro’’ with its neon title riding in the sky above an aqua car, roadside diner and pink (!) alligator. Indeed, we’re boarding the wayback machine to Central Florida in the 1960s B.D. (Before Disney). “Interstate 4 had come through,’’ Martin writes early in the book, “but the region still fairly [...]
Testimony
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Reviews, Southern Books, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, tagged Casey Anthony trial, Caylee Anthony, Fiction, George Anthony, Jane Bradley, missing persons, Orlando, true crime, You Believers on June 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of my friends calls it “the best reality show going on.” Another says, “There’s too much sadness in the world already.” Both are talking about the trial of Casey Anthony for the murder of her two-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony three years ago this month. The Orange County Courthouse in downtown Orlando has become a tourist destination [...]
Write away, Carl
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, tagged Adult Literacy League, Carl Hiaasen, Florida, Florida budget cuts, Gov. Rick Scott, Orlando, politics, programs for developmentally disabled, Skink, wheelchair thief on April 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I haven’t read much the last few days because I’ve been ranting to my friends about Florida Gov. Rick Scott using “emergency powers” to make immediate deep cuts to programs that serve tens of thousands of developmentally disabled residents. The story hit the headlines across the state on Friday, but this was no April Fool’s joke. If you [...]
Spring “brake” for authors
Posted in Cookbooks, Southern Books, Uncategorized, tagged book tours, cookbooks, Edisto Bookstore, Fated, Jack Bass, Mary Alice Monroe, Nathalie DuPree, Orlando, S.G. Browne, South Carolina on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Alas, I am not on spring break this week. Otherwise, I would be visiting the homefolks on Edisto Island, S.C., and hanging out at The Edisto Bookstore. The latter is my hometown island indie, and owner Karen Carter has a big week planned for spring breakers and locals. So if you happen to be in the Charleston area, [...]
One for the books
Posted in Reviews, Southern Books, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, My Reading Life, Orlando, Pat Conroy, the South on November 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Let us all give thanks to Peg Conroy. The mother of Southern writer Pat Conroy gave him the gift of reading as a child, a love for books and words and writing. He pays tribute to her in the first chapter — and really throughout — his new memoir, My Reading Life, recalling how she [...]
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