Blog #4 It’s nice to be back in this space to reflect, share, and connect. It is one of those tired deep-in-my-bones days, when things feel slightly off. The… Read More
COVID-19 Days, Thanksgiving, and Gratitude
Genre: Literary
Art That Makes You Feel Like Celebrating
December 1, 2020 . . . The Arts Coast Journal needs to ask, what work of art makes you feel like celebrating? The lively range of answers that we got… Read More
Florida Writer
Recently, the University of Tampa’s Macdonald-Kelce library invited me to read my story “Pablo Escobar” for its UTWrites series. The story is part of the Tampa Bay Noir anthology, which… Read More
3: Landscapes and Desolation
Blog 3 The word that’s been bouncing around in my head so much these days is “desolation.” Usually, when I use that word in fiction, I’m referring to a place…. Read More
Touring Tampa Bay Book Sites with Alice in Wonderland
November 2, 2020 | By Margo Hammond Touring Tampa Bay Book Sites with Alice (yes, that Alice!) and the Florida Bibliophile Society . . . “We apologize to Alice for… Read More
Fiction and Poetry
October 12, 2020 | Curated by Maureen McDole Poems by Wayne S. Williams . . . The Bus His eyes open again, as they have with every imperfection of the… Read More
Kerouac in St. Pete
October 1, 2020 | By Margo Hammond Honoring the Beat Prophet in his Adopted Hometown . . . “‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown.” – Matthew 13:57… Read More
Creatives and Suicide
I lost a longtime friend to suicide a few weeks ago. She was strong, vivacious, successful, well-traveled and smart. If you ever met her, you would remember her –… Read More
Cindy Stovall, Arts Ambassador
I am a career nurse, manager and corporate educator turned journalist. In nursing, my particular expertise was in the areas of critical care, pediatrics and post anesthesia care. I have… Read More
Paradise Found – Take a Book. Leave a Book.
. . . “I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library.” I thought of that quote by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges when all the public libraries were… Read More
