Featuring Appearances by
Mark Hinson
Mark Hinson is a columnist and arts reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat and Tallahassee.com. He is a native North Floridian who really did grow up swimming in a spring with an alligator known as Billy.
Andrew Skerritt
Andrew J. Skerritt is author of "Ashamed to Denial and the AIDS Epidemic in the South" (Lawrence Hill Books). He is storytelling coach/news editor with the Tallahassee Democrat. He has taught journalism at Florida A&M University and English composition at Tallahassee Community College. He holds a bachelor’s from Howard University, an MLA from Winthrop University and an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Tampa. His essays and nonfiction regarding exile, displacement and the search for home have been published widely in publications such as the Root.com, Tampa Bay Times, Caribbean Quarterly, Tallahassee Democrat, Miami Herald and elsewhere.
Nada Hassanein
Nada Hassanein is the trending topics reporter at the Tallahassee Democrat. She earned her bachelor’s in journalism and psychology from the University of Central Florida. When she’s not reading, writing or spending time outside, you may catch her making art.
Agenda
February 9, 2018
A brush with fame
Mark Hinson talks about being a young reporter with his first big interview with "Elephant Man" actor John Hurt.
February 9, 2018
Love and loss
Andrew Skerritt tells about learning of the death of his high school girlfriend, many years later.
February 15, 2018
Barbie and Identity
Nada Hassanein tells about growing up in a world where none of the Barbie dolls look like her.