My mother read to me from the time I could turn over from my back to my belly. Soon as I could walk, she began taking me to the little library on Central Street, and soon enough I’d run through all the wonderful books for kids the librarians knew of and could afford to buy. […]
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Key West’s physical beauty draws tourists like a magnet, but the locals, or Conchs, give the island heart. The Conchs are people who have always been there or who have broken free from the centripetal pull of the Lower 48. In one sense, they live in a different country of their own creation, one that epitomizes the
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If I had known I would’ve told you I’d been there too that it’s normal for people like us. That the fog will eventually burn off with time, fiction, and whiskey. We would’ve remembered Hemingway Van Gogh, Plath, and Wallace who fought the fine fight for the arts and died nobly— which would’ve been the
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The written word is changing. As technology improves and computers shrink ever smaller each year, people will continue to find quicker and easier ways to access various types of reading materials. Some have predicted that this threatens future literature, as readers may demand stories with lighter themes so they can feel enlightened on the bus
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