Pictured Above: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead spoke virtually at the Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, held Nov. 12-14. Above, Whitehead speaks at an event at Texas State University.
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By Jonah Hinebaugh Just about everyone learned about Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln and the 13th Amendment in high school history. But what about the struggles of former slaves as
By Courtney Amos Journalist and former professor Monique Fields had a simple reason for the significance of children’s books. “Parents are their children’s first teacher,” she said. A fitting point
By Katlynn Mullins Of the 50 authors who spoke at Saturday’s Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, Art Levy guessed that he would be the least known. He’s been a
By James Bennett III More than 50 authors will be on campus next week for the 27th annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading. Bestselling authors will be in Lynn
Book lovers came together Saturday morning at the 25th annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading to hear more than 45 writers and thinkers speak. The genres of authors ranged
Julie Buckner Armstrong is a writer by nature. From journaling through her teen years to the release of her book “Mary Turner and the Memory of Lynching”—13 years in the