Thomas Hallock, Author at Creative Loafing Tampa

A dilapidated, abandoned white boat is partially submerged in murky swamp water near the tree-lined bank, surrounded by cypress trees and moss.

A prayer of thanks, as hurricane season ends, along the Hillsborough’s triple oxbow

Another Creekshed reflection from City Wilds.

by Thomas Hallock November 24, 2025November 24, 2025

Creekshed columnist Thomas Hallock launches a kayak into the Hillsborough River, near Temple Terrace, for a reflection on the year gone by.

Black-and-white photo of a live reading or performance. Two men sit on chairs at the front of a small stage, one holding a book and speaking, while the other listens. Behind them, several people stand along the wall, watching and smiling. The stage is set with a patterned rug, and the lighting highlights the performers while much of the background remains in shadow.

A Sandwich with Andy: Mourning and remembering USF’s beloved author and librarian

Every good archive has at least one person who knows the stacks inside out. At USF, that person was Andy.

by Thomas Hallock September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

At Everglades detention camp, we have let evil in. Now the question is, ‘How far will evil go?’

The lesson here is not about the ‘final solution’ but how things start.

by Julie Armstrong and Thomas Hallock July 28, 2025August 31, 2025

USF’s new Creekshed collection explores the human and natural stories that drain into the Gulf

Celebrate its launch with a special Earth Day event in St. Petersburg.

by Thomas Hallock April 19, 2025August 3, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete professor and author Thomas Hallock mourns an untimely death on Treasure Island

‘Beach elegy’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Thomas Hallock April 18, 2025August 5, 2025

Op-ed: The shredded Trop and a fallen crane illustrate the foolishness in St. Pete’s priorities

by Thomas Hallock October 14, 2024

St. Pete’s Little Bayou, mangroves, and the ‘Howdy Doody’ roots of our current catastrophe

Amidst our hubris and our hurt, we overlook the fundamental truth that we have engineered these conditions.

by Thomas Hallock September 30, 2024July 19, 2025

Atlanta’s Truist Park offers a slick, corporatized view of the Tampa Bay Rays stadium ordeal

The home of the Braves reeks of AstroTurf, not grassroots.

by Thomas Hallock May 13, 2024July 16, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Historian Gary Mormino led St. Petersburg poet Thomas Hallock to ‘This Curious World: 1937’

Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.

by Thomas Hallock April 18, 2024March 9, 2025

Tampa Bay needs more museums to stay open on weekend nights

Thomas Hallock chimes in on what Tampa Bay needs to be a better place in four years.

by Thomas Hallock March 1, 2024January 24, 2025

In December 1966, an activist tore down the racist St. Pete mural, ‘Picknicking at Pass-a-Grille’

Poet’s Notebook

by Thomas Hallock December 22, 2023July 14, 2025

The St. Pete Coyote can teach us how to get through uncertain times

City Wilds.

by Thomas Hallock November 20, 2023June 25, 2025

St. Petersburg’s Rays stadium Deal: A field guide for skeptics

Stay skeptical, St. Petersburg.

by Thomas Hallock September 22, 2023June 22, 2025

Klee’s Telegram: The political toying with education in Florida now fills me with terror

Tell our leaders to stop.

by Thomas Hallock February 6, 2023April 13, 2025

The soul of St. Pete is on the line, and only one Tropicana Field developer’s proposal is most worth considering

In terms of meeting the principles, not profit, the bid should go to Sugar Hill.

by Thomas Hallock January 9, 2023June 11, 2025

St. Pete’s Salt Creek is now a ‘Waterway of Cultural and Environmental Importance’

The resolution can teach us about cleaning our waterways and (maybe) restoring civil discourse to political life.

by Thomas Hallock December 9, 2022August 4, 2025

Booker Creek’s slot canyon is a monument to St. Pete’s outdated water management policies

City Wilds

by Thomas Hallock August 4, 2022June 21, 2025

A creek with no name: Boyd Hill Nature Preserve captures the true paradox of Florida

City Wilds

by Thomas Hallock March 21, 2022April 17, 2025

Walking the literal red line in St. Petersburg’s structural racism study

City Wilds.

by Thomas Hallock February 3, 2022August 5, 2025

An open letter to Stu Sternberg: If you cannot love this city back, please, just walk away

“I will not support any politician who caves into a sucker’s bargain.”

by Thomas Hallock October 28, 2021March 19, 2025