Imagine if you could invite all your favorite authors down to Key West for a weekend 鈥� and you could party with them.
This happens every year at the . They invite authors from all over to spend a few days together in a place that鈥檚 rich with literary history.
It鈥檚 not just for writers, it鈥檚 also for readers. Fans can listen to conversations between some of the greats and party with them afterward because, you know, it鈥檚 Key West.
The city of Key West is America鈥檚 fish net for writers. Countless authors have lived or written there. Imagine a place where Ernest Hemingway and Robert Frost get into a fistfight on the beach.
Arlo Haskell is the man who brings them together. He鈥檚 the executive director of the seminar and he鈥檚 a conch, a Key West native.
Haskell has invited only Florida authors to the next seminar in January. The theme is 鈥淔lorida: The State We鈥檙e In.鈥�
You鈥檒l see a lot of past Sundial guests there. Dave Barry, Patricia Engel, Jonathan Escoffery, Tananarive Due and more.
On the Nov. 21 episode of Sundial, we talk with Haskell about literature and life in Key West.
On 厂耻苍诲颈补濒鈥檚 previous episode, we spoke with Vanessa Garcia. Her play, Sweet Goats and Blueberry Se帽oritas, is at the Miracle Theater in Coral Gables through Dec. 3. She joined us to talk about telling family stories through food and the stage.
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