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 News
Updates
Look for my piece on Elvis
in
American History magazine,
marking the 30th anniversary of his death.
It's called "What We Talk About
When We Talk About Elvis."
My piece about the rise of youth culture will appear in the October issue of
American History.
www.historynet.com
I've been a book-reviewing monster
for the St. Petersburg Times. Watch for upcoming reviews of The Lincoln Highway by Michael Wallis, Love Kills by Edna Buchanan and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Crystal Zevon.
Check out the Web site to see some recent reviews. You may have to click on the 'coverage from the last 60 days' link at the top. Some of my reviews have been running in midweek editions as well.
www.tampabay.com
I was named a Fellow
of the World Technology Network
at its summit in San Francisco in November 2006. It was a fantastic event and I made a speech on the subject of serendipity.
The video is posted at www.wtn.net.
Click on "lunch speaker."
Works
in progress
I'm working on Outlaw Journalist,
a biography of Hunter S. Thompson for W.W. Norton.
It will appear in summer 2008, so watch this space for details.
I'm also assembling an anthology about growing up in Florida.
I'll post updates on these projects on this site
now and then.
 Travis
That's him (above) in a photograph
by Graham McKeen.
Mary
This is Mary Grace, a student
at Ball State University.
Recommended
reading
Here are recent books by friends and acquaintances
that I endorse with my anal-retentive housekeeping seal of approval:
Rick Bragg , Somebody Told Me
Rick Bragg , Ava's Man
Bob Braudis and Michael Cleverly,
The Kitchen Readings
Michael Connelly, Lost Light
Michael Connelly, The Closers
Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly, Echo Park
Michael Connelly, The Overlook
Tom Corcoran, Octopus Alibi
Tom Corcoran, Air Dance Iguana
Tim Dorsey, Cadillac Beach
Tim Dorsey, Torpedo Juice
Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo
Tim Dorsey, Hurricane Punch
Kristin Harmel, How to Sleep
with a Movie Star
Kristin Harmel, The Blonde Theory
Carl Hiaasen, Basket Case
Carl Hiaasen, Hoot
Carl Hiaasen, Nature Girl
Patrick Hughes, Diary of Indignities
Jeff Klinkenberg , Seasons of Real Florida
Jeff Klinkenberg , Pilgrim in
the Land of Alligators
Mitch Meyers, The Boy Who Cried Freebird
Laila Nabulsi (editor), Gonzo
Jon Resh, Amped
Ralph Steadman, The Joke's Over
Tim Steil, Highway 61 Revisited
(a great text-and-photos book
that came out after Highway 61)
Randy Wayne White, Tampa Burn
Randy Wayne White, Dead of Night
Randy Wayne White, Hunter's Moon
Curtis Wilkie, Dixie
Tom Wolfe , I am Charlotte Simmons
Talking head
Recent interviews include NBC's "Today Show" (above), "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox, the New York Times, CNN, People magazine, BBC, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, the Village Voice, National Public Radio and several other places.
Nicole and her father
That's Dan Cisneros with his daughter Nicole, my wife, who is a saint. Nicole is editor of the Florida Engineer magazine and works in the publications office of the University of Florida College of Engineering.
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Sarah
This is the official company portrait of my daughter Sarah, who works for Gensler Inc., a gigantic architectural design firm, at its Chicago office.
Jack
Jackson (above) admires a worm during his first fishing trip.
Photo by big brother Graham.
Savannah
Savannah (above) in her school portrait from St. Patrick's Interparish School.
The lighthouse is fake, by the way.
 Graham
Graham McKeen (above), world's best road-trip companion, is contributing to the betterment of humanity as an environmental specialist at Indiana University. Here he is, counseling Jack during his first fishing trip.
 Charley
Child No. 7 enjoys a visit to a friendly neighborhood sports pub.
Photo by big brother Graham.
Dressing up
Here I am with Canadian educator
Bill Belsey at the World Technology Summit
in San Francisco. To learn more about
Belsey, see bullying.org, one of his many
Web sites.
He radiates
the 88's
If you're looking for a swell musical experience when you're next in Key West, find Barry Cuda (left, above, with a visiting degenerate). He usually plays at Sloppy Joe's, the Hog's Breath or B.O.'s Fish Wagon, home of the greatest fish sandwich on the face of the Earth. His schedule is at www.barrycuda.com
A Rosey retirement
My longtime colleague
Jon Roosenraad (center, at a tailgate party with two of his admirers) is retiring after 38 years at the University of Florida. This man had the wisdom to hire me in 1986. In honor of his retirement, friends, colleagues and former students helped me prepare a tribute, which you can see here. You can view the show as a series of dissolves or you can view it at your own pace. When we get to the part with my youngest children in it, let me assure you that they were given empty beer bottles as props, for purposes of this tribute. They were not actually drinking.
30 years ago
Here I am -- much hairier and younger -- conducting an onstage interview with Hunter S. Thompson during his appearance at Western Kentucky University, where I used to teach. The photo is by then-Western student Don Bruce who now -- small world that it is -- works for the newspaper in Middletown, N.Y., that fired Hunter in 1959 for destroying a vending machine.
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