Christopher Nank, Author at Florida Book Club

Rebecca J. Johnston and “Finding Jim” – Episode 94

By Christopher Nank April 16, 2026Season 11No Comments

If you love the Doors (or specifically Jim Morrison), odysseys around the world, Thelma and Louise-style adventures without the killing, critiques of academia, and/or very distinctive narrative styles, you'll want…

John Davis, Jr., and “Vidge Floyd and the Secret Frequencies” – Episode 93

By Christopher Nank January 13, 2026Season 11

Vidge Floyd, the adolescent protagonist of Florida Book Award-winning author John Davis, Jr.'s debut novel Vidge Floyd and the Secret Frequencies, is "the neurodivergent hero we all need," according to the…

Tatiana Avdelas, Sarah-Joy Milner, and Benjamin Sperduto of Saw Palm – Episode 92

By Christopher Nank November 3, 2025Episode Notes

Saw Palm is the University of South Florida's Florida-themed art and literature journal. In this episode we welcome fiction and managing editor Benjamin Sperduto, poetry editor Tatiana Avdelas, and poetry,…

Shane Hinton and “Other Shane Hintons” – Episode 91

By Christopher Nank October 15, 2025Episode Notes

Shane Hinton's "Other Shane Hintons" might be called meta-fiction, a memoir in lies, autobiographical fantasy, or any other number of hybrid genre classifications. He joins us this episode to break…

A Conversation With Tombolo Books’ Rachel Knox – Episode 90

By Christopher Nank September 29, 2025Episode Notes

Ever wonder what kind of things you learn working at a bookstore? I certainly have! And luckily, writer, college instructor, and bookseller Rachel Knox joined me for this episode to…

Asha Elias and “The Namaste Club” – Episode 89

By Christopher Nank August 27, 2025Episode Notes

Resentments and petty jealousies build up to murder at a lush yoga retreat in Melbourne in Asha Elias' The Namaste Club! We're happy to have her at the clubhouse to…

What Are People Reading in Florida?

By Christopher Nank July 31, 2025Blog

I made a joke in my critical theory class at Florida State, in the fall of 1998, that I wryly reflect on now. I glanced at the Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels…

A New Era for Florida Book Club

By Christopher Nank May 20, 2025Blog

Hello all. Florida Book Club has been on a somewhat longer hiatus than usual between seasons. We here at the clubhouse are taking some time to refresh, reassess, and potentially…

Jennine Capo-Crucet and “Say Hello to My Little Friend” – Season 11, Episode 8

By Christopher Nank February 5, 2025Season 11

If you love any of Scarface, orcas, Miami, dangerous family histories, Pitbull impersonators, and/or compelling stories about lost young men looking for narratives to believe in, you will love our…

Ariel Francisco and “All the Places We Love Have Been Left in Ruins” – Season 11, Episode 7

By Christopher Nank January 29, 2025Season 11

Ariel Francisco's new bilingual poetry collection (Spanish translations by the poet's father!) ruminates on subjects familiar to anyone who's worried at all about Florida's future: development, sea level rise, "resilience",…