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Life has changed for all of us in some ways over the past two years as the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the world. Explore what these times have been like for writers, who generally do their work at home, or in a sort of isolation.

Host Scott Simon reads some of the best fan mail to authors, written by authors.

We'll sit down for the hour with Nathan Hill. The Naples-based novelist's first book, "The Nix," took the literary world by storm in 2016. We'll ask him…

We're marking Halloween by exploring some of Florida’s strangest tales of murder, monsters and mystery detailed in the latest book from horror and science…

“If our greatest travel stories happen when things don't go as planned, why do we plan so much?” Seth Kugel seeks to answer this question in his new book…

We're joined by author Marty Ambrose, who lives in Southwest Florida and is a professor of English at Florida Southwestern State College. Ambrose has been…

The White Racism sociology course being taught at Florida Gulf Coast University this spring has made national headlines since the announcement of it being…

Science fiction author and editor, Dr. Ben Bova, passed away on November 29, 2020 from COVID-19 related pneumonia and a stroke. Bova wrote more than 120 books of fiction and non-fiction, and was a six-time Hugo Award winner. He was editorial director of Omni Magazine, the editor of Analog Magazine, and he was president of the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. We listen back to excerpts from his appearance on Gulf Coast Live on January 3, 2007.

Life has changed for all of us in some ways over the past two years as the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the world. Explore what these times have been like for writers, who generally do their work at home, or in a sort of isolation.

Former vice presidential aide Lewis Libby, indicted for leaking a CIA agent's identity, has testified that any classified information he may have leaked to a reporter was authorized for release by President Bush through the vice president. The claim is included in court documents released Thursday.