Listen to an exiled writer describe his journey from Haitian intellectual to struggling immigrant. With Miami poised to become a city of refuge for exiled writers, this report explores what it's like to lose your home because of something you wrote.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Read "Flagler Street" and listen to Lorelei Ramirez talk about the real Miami. Ramirez is the winner in the college category of our unpublished writers contest. As she explained at our recent Books & Books event, not everyone in South Florida is sipping mojitos by the beach. She rides the bus...
Saturday, June 27, 2009
I'll take a career in poetry, with a side order of part-time jobs. So, how exactly do you make a living as a poet? Listen to the full story here to find out.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Lindsay Lonano reads "The Swamp." (Chomp! Gulp! Munch!) This piece won in the Kids category of our Write South Florida contest. Lindsay writes about an unsuspecting little bird, and a lurking predator that looks like a slowly moving log.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Think unabashedly corrupt politicians, bales of cocaine falling from the sky, and dead bodies in unusual locations. Under the Sun co-hosts Dan Grech and Alicia Zuckerman interview Jeff Lindsay, Joanne Sinchuk and Elaine Viets about how South Florida provides daily inspiration for the "zany thriller" novel.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
"If you can't find a humor column in this city, then you are legally dead." Dave Barry recounts moving to crazy Miami in the 80's and the real-life experiences that inspired his writing. Listen to Dave Barry's conversation with Under the Sun co-host Dan Grech here.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Poet Campbell McGrath combines the sensibilities of an economist, a documentary film-maker, and a historian. Dan Grech interviewed McGrath about his work and life in South Florida. Listen to that interview here.
Friday, June 26, 2009
During Poem Depot events, local poets write about the subject of your choice for a couple of bucks. Here is a video of The Poem Depot at Under the Sun's Write South Florida event in Hollywood.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Campbell McGrath is an award-winning poet and a professor at Florida International University. Listen to McGrath read about an unexpected orange, the hapless manatee, and Shorty's BBQ in Kendall.
Friday, June 26, 2009
... and see their self-portraits! We invited unpublished writers to submit their work as part of our Write South Florida contest. Among the runners-up in the Kids catagory: a baseball and coloring contest champ, an actress and a boy who likes anything red.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
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