Rivers of the Green Swamp

Rivers of the Green Swamp is an anthology of essays about the Withlacoochee, Hillsborough, Peace, and Ocklawaha rivers -- four of the rivers of the great Green Swamp of central Florida. Contributions from students and professors in the Florida Studies Program at the University of South Florida - St. Petersburg are supplemented by contributions from Florida authors such as Bill Belleville and Lee Irby.

There will be a book signing and reading reception Wednesday April 23 at 6pm in the courtyard between the Williams and Snell houses on the USF St. Petersburg campus (map and directions). Proceeds from book sales help with future USF St. Pete and Tampa Bay Writers Network events and projects, help that is especially critical due to recent state university budget cuts.

For more information and an order form, click on the image below or go to the Tampa Bay Writers Network website.

Nancy Moskovitz

Florida artist Nancy Moskovitz was nice enough to talk to me yesterday about her artwork, particularly the house portraits she has done. She told me that when she paints or draws a house, she tries to capture the "essence of the house," rather than create a formal architectural rendering. She noted that these artworks make nice corporate gifts, but some clients just want a reminder of a special house. Also, sometimes she is asked to paint landscapes of property particularly meaningful to a family, like a ranch or farm.

Nancy also paints portraits, and you can see her work on both her website and her blog. I like her paintings of the Sharpe's Ferry Bridge, a 1920s drawbridge over the Oklawaha River in the Ocala National Forest.