Lexicon Land
Florida is in a constant state of post-apocalypse. Authors are not immune to this speculative affliction, and when they set their fantasies in Florida, the reinvention of language abounds.
Author: Jason Katz
“If somebody translates your poem and you consider going back to revise it, that’s a good translation.”: An Interview with Ariel Francisco
Francisco’s newest book, presented simultaneously in English and Spanish, is that of a young poet matured, leaning into the naturalist observations present in his previous work and writing haiku with the precision and wisdom of a sure-handed veteran—while infusing them with a trademark sardonic wit.
The Peninsula of Lost Youth
Floridian literature provides us with some evidence that the state’s aggressive setting takes an occasional youth back as a tax, like a spiteful Old Testament god, haunting every scrub habitat, clear-cut forest, abandoned development site, or drained swamp.
The Toxic Relationship Between Man and Boat in Two Key West Fiction Classics
Key West is an international port of entry, an island where man and boat collide violently so that the lines between them become hard to distinguish.
“We are forgetting what has already happened in Cancún”: An Interview with Juan Villoro
The satirization of the all-inclusive resort, a symbol of international tourism, could only be accomplished in a meaningful way by a titan of Mexican letters like Juan Villoro. Not only does he have the qualifications, but he has a unique capacity to create absurdist characters.