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The Nix: This season's "It" book
This book has been out for a while, so this won’t be a straightforward review. Expect it to go off the rails about a third of the way in, yet offer an interesting perspective. Pretty much just like the book.
By Lisa L. Kirchner
Tags: Local Arts, book review, nathan hill, the nix
Book review: One More Time by Marc Ganancias
An immersive tale of hip romance by Lakeland musician Ganancias feels real, relatable and worthwhile.
By Shae Krispinsky
Tags: Local Arts, Washington DC, punk rock, One More Time, Marc Ganancias, heartbreak, first novel, fiction, book review
Shae's Shelves: Heroines by Kate Zambreno
Writing the private in public is a radical act and in doing so, we can become our own heroines.
Tags: Local Arts, Zelda Fitzgerald, women writers, Vivienne Eliot, the personal is political, the creative impulse, Shae's Shelves, rewriting the canon, modernism, Kate Zambreno, Jean Rhys, Jane Bowles, Heroines, Hélène Cixous, feminism, book review
Shae's Shelves: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
A woman's journey, or headed west into motherhood.
Tags: Local Arts, The Grapes of Wrath, The Bean Trees, Shae's Shelves, running away, On the Road, Oklahoma, making families, kerouac, journeying, finding homes, book review, book, Barbara Kingsolver, a woman's journey, 2015 reading
Local author Kris Radish's Gravel on the Side of the Road
By Cathy Salustri
Tags: Local Arts, wine madonna, kris radish, Gravel on the Side of the Road, Cathy Salustri, book review
Fluffy family read: The Art of Adapting by Cassandra Dunn
Tags: Local Arts, The Art of Adapting, summer reading, family dynamics, Cassandra Dunn, book review
Shy Love, the sexual strategist
The porn star turned CPA on how to use your sexuality to create success in business and love.
By Shawn Alff
Tags: Local Arts, trophy wife, sugar daddy, Shy Love, sex worker, self help, relationships, Q&A, porn star, porn, pick up artist, Non-Fiction, moneylovesuccess.com, marriage, interview, infidelity, gold digger, feminism, ebook, Diamond Kitty, dating advice, dating, cockblock, casual sex, book review, book, between the sheets, author, adult entertainer, adult agent
Here's Danny! Stephen King's Dr. Sleep picks up where The Shining leaves off
King checks in on Jack Torrance's son to see what ever happened to that tormented kid.
By William McKeen
Tags: Local Arts, William McKeen, The Shining, Stephen King, sequel, Doctor Sleep, Danny Torrance, book review, Bill McKeen
Ashley Cardiff strokes the funny bone in Night Terrors
A review of the comedic memoir about the horrors of sex, dating, puberty, and other alarming things.
Tags: Local Arts, sex sells, sex life, sex and society, Non-Fiction, memoir, masturbation, humor, creative non-fiction, comedy, book review, book, between the sheets, author
6 views of 15 Views of Tampa Bay
Tags: Local Arts, shawn alff, Rita Ciresi, Q&A, peter meinke, metafiction, Mary Jo Melone, Katherine Riegel, Karen Brown, john henry fleming, Jeff Parker, Jay Hopler, Ira Sukrungruang, interview, Hunt Hawkins, fiction, Enid Shomer, Darrell Nicholson, burrow press review, book review, book, author, Alicia Thompson, 15 Views of Tampa Bay
Dennis Lehane's Night moves
With Live by Night, the Florida crime novelist finally sends a protagonist to Ybor City.
Tags: Local Arts, ybor city, Ybor, Tampa, speakeasy, shawn alff, rum runner, rum, Prohibition, mobster, memoir, live by night, gangster, fiction, Dennis Lehane, crime, Bootlegging, bootleg, book review, book, bestseller, author
Retracing 9 million steps through a tropical hell in Walking the Amazon
Tags: Local Arts, walking the amazon, shawn alff, rainforest, plume, peru, Non-Fiction, memoir, Jungle, google earth, ed stafford, creative non-fiction, Brazil, book review, book, amazon river, Adventure, Video
On the Island: How Tracey Garvis Graves's romance novel survived the barren literary seas
Tags: Local Arts, student teacher affair, shawn alff, self publish, romance novel, Romance, Q&A, plum, monogamy, men vs. women, marriage, Love Story, literary agent, interview, fiction, ebook, dutton, chick lit, book review, book, between the sheets, bestseller, author
Bale out: Bio reveals the man behind Bat Man
Get ready for the next Batman movie with a somewhat riveting exposé about its star.
By Katy Williamson
Tags: Local Arts, The Inside Story of the Darkest Batman, Pittam, Katelyn Williamson, christian bale, Cheung, book review
Brewing your own beer can be tasty fun
Home is where the hops are
By Sean Nordquist
Tags: Local Arts, Tampa Bay B.E.E.R.S., Special Hoperations, SOUTHERN BREWING AND WINEMAKING, Sean Nordquist, Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild, homebrew, Dunedin Brewers Guild, Cigar City Brewing, Bootleggers Brandon Homebrew Club, Bootleggers Beer & Winemaking Supply, Booth's Brewing, book review, Beer and Winemaker’s Pantry, beer, American Homebrewers Association
Mixing business with pleasure: an interview with the author of 'Kiss Your Customer'
Tags: Local Arts, shawn alff, sexual harassment, sex sells, self help book, seduction, sales, dating advice, dating, book review, book, author, Andy Masters
Between the sheets: top 10 most provocative books out this December
Tags: Local Arts, top ten, sex worker, science of sex, Robert McRuer, quickie, novelty book, neuroscience, Liz Langley, Katrien Jacobs, Judith Horstman, Dorling Kindersley, disability, Christina Simmons, China, brain, book review, book, between the sheets, author
Getting it on in Getting Off, A Novel of Sex and Violence
By Mark James
Tags: Local Arts, sex, mystery, murder, Lawrence Block, Jill Emerson, Getting Off, fiction, book review, book, author
Snapshots of readers in Forgotten Bookmarks
Tags: Local Arts, shawn alff, novelty book, interview, Craigslist, book review, book, author
Raw sensuality in La Figa: Visions of Food and Form (NSFW)
La Figa provides a visual feast that celebrates the diverse textures, shapes, and colors of both food and the human form.
Tags: Food News, Tiberio Simone, shawn alff, photography, photo shop, nude photo, nude model, NSFW, novelty book, naked sushi, Matt Freedman, La Figa, interview, food photography, food fetish, food art, food, feminism, exhibitionist, book review, book, body paint, body image, beauty, author
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Five Tampa restaurants earn Michelin stars in 2024 guide
By Kyla Fields
New cheesesteak spot Little Philly opens in downtown St. Pete
St. Pete expat Kendra Morris comes home for free Record Store Day concert at Daddy Kool
By Ray Roa
Tampa Bay's best live music happening April 18-25
By Ray Roa and Josh Bradley
When it comes to new local eats, there's a lot to be excited about in 2024, and so far this year is…
By CL Staff
Iconic Motown diva Diana Ross has come along way from the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in Detroit, and now she's putting her stunning…
By Colin Wolf
Only a handful are left, but one of the original Davis Islands home is now on the market. Located at 36 Columbia…
The University of South Florida (USF) is going to produce more tortured poets than usual this semester. The English department at the…
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