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Explain your career path. Did you take any detours? “A good summary of my career path is that it kept moving me to areas that were of interest and I continued to make use of my experience as my career progressed.”

The award-winning author of ‘Mostly Dead Things’ and ‘With Teeth’ on Stephen King, ‘Swamplandia!’, and the book with the best opening line.

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WMFE Tiny Desk Contest For local musicians and public radio fans, one of the most coveted stages in the country is the "tiny desk" of NPR host Bob Boilen and his NPR music crew. Every year, theres a nationwide open call for musicians to submit a desk-based performance to their local public radio outlet, where a panel of local experts determines the most worthy area entrant to be sent on to the national judging. The Sh-Booms almost took it all one year! Submissions are currently open until June ...

With Teeth: A Darkly Comical Story That Will Sink Deep Into Your Psyche 0 Shares Sammie would not win mother of the year. At various points in With Teeth (out June 1), she takes to imbibing at her son Samsons school swim practice, smashing his creepy-but-prized childhood doll on purpose, and generally failing to connect with him in any meaningful way. Despite spending the overwhelming majority of her time with him alone in their central Florida home, he remains a deeply frustrating and sociall...

Sitting at Books & Books in Coral Gables on a sunny afternoon, life seems almost back to normal talking to Floridian author Kristen Arnett. With her new book, With Teeth, releasing on June 1, and her pre-orders at the local bookstore offering personalized signed copies, the spot feels the perfect place for a conversation about how her work explores the variety of people that exist in this weird and wonderful state. "When I first started writing [ With Teeth], I was still living in Orlando and ...