Some Great Photos

You need to check out Mike Stern's wonderful photos of Florida wildlife. Birds and more.

He's a poet of the photographic image. And a good friend.

Spiderman Speaks

This is a video made by Vince Gotera, a fine poet himself. I'm honored he did such a great job with this poem. He actually performs it better than I do.

You can find out more about Vince here.

Last Class

After 36 years, I'm done. Florida International University was great to me. Letting me hide away and work. I started out as a 25 year old kid, trying to figure out what it meant to be a college professor. These are some of my students at the very end of that arc. They were some of the best, in a long line.

Paperback, Hell's Bay

Here are the March 2009 Bestsellers from the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association


Softcover
1 - Hannah Dennison, Scoop!, Signet
2 - Emily Brightwell, Mrs. Brightwell in the Nick of Time, Berkley
3 - tie
James W. Hall, Hell's Bay, St. Martin's
Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor, Mira
5 - Rhys Bowen, Tell Me, Pretty Maiden, St. Martin's
6 - Bryan Gruley, Starvation Lake, Touchstone
7 - Andrea Camilleri, August Heat, Penguin
8 - Victoria Laurie, Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun, Obsidian
9 - Alexander McCall Smith, The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Anchor
10 - Laura Childs, The Silver Needle Murder, Berkley

Another Blog

Here's a wonderful Blog by my friend Peter Meinke