Literature

Locally owned independent bookstores, once considered an endangered species, are thriving, and they’re elevating local authors. The rise of shopping mall stores like WaldenBooks and B. Dalton’s followed by the 1990s double-whammy of big box...

It’s a busy morning on “The Skinny” and we zoomed in on the Tampa Bay area with St. Petersburg City Councilman Richie Floyd who updated us on the Tampa Bay Rays stadium saga, Orlando-based Rep....

Fire and Ice interviewed: Richard a Black Business Owner of The Elite Factory, in the TampaBay Area a professional gym that welcome everyone to train and develop good health habit whether you are up...

Maureen Sun – The Sisters K In her original, masterful, debut novel, Maureen Sun dissects the unfolding tragedy about sisters and family and the hostile undercurrents of love and hate keeping them together. After years...

Torian Brackett joins a discussion about life and work as voiceover actor. Artificial Intelligence was a central issue during the Writer’s and Actor’s strike. AI shows great promise but also potentially an existential threat. Michael...

Ways Of Walking – Edited by Ann de Forest Ways of Walking brings together 26 writers who reflect on walks they have taken and what they have discovered along the way. Some walk across forbidden...

Annie Miles leads a celebration of Pulitzer and Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison. A discussion of her works such as Tar Baby, Beloved and The Bluest Eyes. Analysis of the challenges facing Black women, like Fulton...

Convo and Music: The Forum talk inspirations for the new year 2024. Themes include book reads recommendations, business ownership ideas, youth engagement, pay and demographic parity between men and women. Willie Hannah joined in to...

What were our favorite books of 2023 from Tombolo Books and our MidPoint listeners.

Medicaid processing issues A state Senate committee met yesterday morning in Tallahassee to discuss Florida’s turbulent Medicaid redetermination process. One key topic on the table was excessively long wait times for Medicaid’s call center.  ...

Norman Solomon – War made Invisible: How America Hides The Human Toll Of Its Military Machine More than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan set into motion a hugely consequential shift in...

After 40 years of obscurity, comic novelist Bob Plunkett is finally getting the attention his devoted fans thought he deserved. His novel “My Search for Warren Harding” was recently republished after 40 years to acclaim...