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  • Project 2025 is not an entirely new concept. The Heritage Foundation has published what it calls Mandate for Leadership policy blueprints since 1979. The first one preceded the first Reagan administration. Over the decades they have outlined what conservatives hope to see out of a Republican administration, if that’s who wins the election. But, Project 2025 has a different tone and nature — and is far more detailed when it comes to exactly what policies it’s calling for, and just how they can be achieved.
  • This novel, a National Book Award finalist, follows an interpreter at the International Criminal Court who must speak for a leader accused of horrific genocidal crimes.
  • Hailed by the Associated Press as “one of the most talented storytellers around,” bestselling author and part-time Florida resident, Mary Jane Clark,…
  • We talk to the author of a thorough and enthralling history of Toussaint Louverture, the one-time enslaved man who led the successful slave revolt in Haiti.
  • We talk with Love Your Rebellion founder Angela Page about the nonprofit organization’s upcoming fundraiser concert “Rock for Equality,” which will benefit the McGregor Clinic’s efforts to serve those living with HIV.
  • Action, romance, a murder plot and Florida history converge in award-winning author and Southwest Florida resident Robert Macomber’s new novel, “The…
  • Antoine Wilson’s latest novel, Mouth to Mouth, is a taut, compelling read that is already on many best-of lists for this year. Two old college friends meet up in an airport and one proceeds to spin out the tale of his long and complicated life.
  • The Southwest Florida-based non-profit Love Your Rebellion continues its mission of empowering marginalized groups through the arts through a number of offerings, even amid the ongoing pandemic.We catch up with Love Your Rebellion founder and board of directors chair Angela Page for a sneak peek at the latest issue of the organization’s zine, which drops this week.We’ll also explore more new Love Your Rebellion offerings it’s through Patreon membership and we’ll get an update on the “Murals on Tour” project in collaboration with Artsemble Underground.
  • The author famous for the cult classic House of Leaves is writing a novel about a little girl who finds a kitten. The book is planned to be epic — 27 volumes total. Volume 1 is more than 800 pages.
  • Co-founder and original band member of the new wave band DEVO, Bob Lewis, is in Fort Myers to deliver a lecture, reading and Q&A event, Nov. 9, in conjunction with an exhibition now at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Florida Southwestern State College marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic band. Lewis joins us in studio ahead of the event along with Rauschenberg Gallery Director Jade Dellinger. Dellinger is co-author of “The Beginning Was the End: Devo in Ohio,” which serves as a definitive account of DEVO’s early history.
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