Tampa Book Buzz

literary sites of the south

I recently took a peek at Ella Robinson’s book A Guide to Literary Sites of the South to see what was listed for Florida:

• Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum — Key West
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Historical Site — Hawthorne
• Bok Tower Garden (Edward William Bok) — Lake Wales
• Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts — Eatonville
• Girl Scout Log House (marker honoring Rex Beach) — Sebring

Libraries with special collections:

• University of Florida (Gainesville) — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
• University of Miami (Miami) — Carson McCullers
• Rollins College (Winter Park) — Rex Beach

Who’s up for a road trip?