USF St. Pete Book Festival 4/5: Dr. Gary Mormino & Deb Carson

Dr. Gary Mormino and Deb Carson spoke about the USF St. Pete Florida Humanities program at the inaugural USF St. Pete Book Festival 4/5, a daylong celebration of Florida authors organized by Chris Meindel, USF Florida Studies and sponsored by Florida Humanities. The Florida Learning Experience Sharing the stage was Deb Carson and Dr. Gary Mormino. Carson completed her masters in Florida Studies from USF and studied with accoladed author and historian Dr. Gary Mormino who is the Frank E. Duckwall professor emeritus at USF St. Petersburg. His books include The Immigrant World of Ybor City, Land of Sunshine State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida, and Dreams in a New Century: Florida’s Turning Point. He received the Lifetime Achievement in Writing award from Florida Humanities in 2012.  A Redington resident, Carson’s master’s thesis is now a book and audiobook,  Becoming FLO, A Mostly True Story. 


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