Key West

Dry Tortugas Dispatch: Fortification, Visitation, and Bliss

Nathaniel Sandler — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:01:22 +0000

This is the second dispatch in a two-part exploration of Dry Tortugas National Park. The first post can be found here.

When A Juice Fast Turns Into A Week Without Food, Then 21 Days Without A Meal

Alex de Carvalho — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:00:02 +0000

I could hardly believe what I was looking at. There it was, staring right at me. I could no longer ignore, deny, or post-rationalize what I already knew as the digital evidence stared me down and waved its merciless accusatory finger at me. This marked the end of the line for me, three months ago to the day.

Key West Literary Seminar: How To Drink Like A Writer

Shayne Benowitz — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Key West Literary Seminar: Real Portraits, Invented Biographies

Sammy Mack — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000

All this week, we're bringing you stories from the Key West Literary Seminar which runs through this weekend.

At The Key West Literary Seminar: Hemingway On A Boat

Shayne Benowitz — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000

All this week, we're bringing you stories from the Key West Literary Seminar which runs through this weekend. Shayne Benowitz originally posted this piece on the KWLS blog.

Tweet Us A Story: You Can Co-Author A Story With Geoff Dyer

Sammy Mack — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the Key West Literary Seminar edition of This post is featured thanks to our friends at the Key West Literary Seminar. R ead more of their material here.

Can’t Make It To The Key West Literary Seminar? Meet Us There On Twitter

WLRN Staff — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:30:00 +0000

Just because you can’t drive down for the 31^st annual Key West Literary Seminar, doesn’t mean you can’t take part.
WLRN is teaming up with the KWLS folks to bring the conversations online.

Troubled Bridge Over Water: Why A Key Part Of Keys' History Is In Danger

Arianna Prothero — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:30:00 +0000

When the Old Seven Mile Bridge was built, it was an engineering wonder of the early 1900s. Part of Henry Flagler’s famous railway to Key West, it ran across nearly seven miles of open water to connect Marathon to the Lower Keys.
Today, the bridge is still a popular spot with both locals and tourists, but it’s slowly falling apart. Salt water and storms are eroding the bridge faster than the state can afford to repair it. Much of it is now closed. Historians and activists are desperately searching for a way to preserve what's left: a 2.2 mile section of the Old Seven Bridge that is still open to pedestrians and cyclists.

Feds To Monitor Safety Of Hemingway Cats

Rick Stone — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:09:21 +0000

The multitoed cats that have lived for decades in comfort and ease at Key West's Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum may continue to do so, a court has ruled.
But those cats will be protected and regulated by the U. S Department of Agriculture from here on out, just like any animals that are exhibited for a profit.
That's the puzzling upshot of a decision that has the famously independent city in an uproar and wondering if the decision can be appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court.

How Key West Stays Quirky

Arianna Prothero — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:11:32 +0000

Robert Kerstein is a government professor at the University of Tampa. But when he's not teaching on the other coast, he likes hanging out in Key West. His frequent trips there have translated into a new book about how the little city at the bottom of the peninsula has managed to maintain its unique character while becoming a major tourist town. The book is called Key West: On The Edge, Inventing the Conch Republic. And this weekend, Kerstein will be appearing at the Miami Book Fair International.

Key West Gets A Step Closer To Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Experiment

Ashley Lopez — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:06:39 +0000

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to work with a British company looking to test out genetically-modified mosquitoes in the U.S.
British biotechnology company Oxitec Ltd has been waiting for a U.S. federal agency to sign on as a partner so they could test out these altered mosquitoes in Key West.
In the past few years, Key West has had a problem with mosquitoes in the area spreading Dengue-- but Oxitec thinks they can kill off a large part of this mosquito population with their altered mosquitoes.

DISPATCH: The Religious Non-Voter

Kenny Malone — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:48:00 +0000

Letters From Key West: Bank Robbers With Sardines, Bicycles And Pitchforks

Mark Hedden — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:37:47 +0000