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St. Petersburg poet laureate and USF alumna publishes debut novel

St. Petersburg poet laureate and USF alumna publishes debut novel

04/29/25 — In Gloria Mu帽oz's debut novel, a genre-bending work of young adult climate fiction, Florida is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and seventeen-year-old Julieta Villarreal must decide whether to remain on Earth with her friends and family or to leave everything behind and embark on a mission to establish humanity鈥檚 first extraterrestrial settlement.

USF Assistant Professor Ajibola Tolase (center left) and USF alumna Aracelis Gonz谩lez Asendorf (center right) both received gold medals from the Florida Book Awards.

USF poets bring home gold, silver and bronze book awards

04/22/25 — Ajibola Tolase, an assistant professor in the Department of English, won a gold medal from the Florida Book for his poetry collection 鈥2000 Blacks.鈥 He joins colleagues Heather Sellers, who received a bronze medal in the poetry category in 2022 for her collection, 鈥淔ield Notes from the Flood Zone,鈥 and Julia Koets, who received a silver award in the poetry category in 2021 for her collection, 鈥淧ine.鈥

04/01/25 — This year's inaugural book festival was a success, offering the public an opportunity to engage with award-winning authors who explore the unique, complex, and often strange history, environment and culture of Florida. The Florida Studies Book Festival was held at USF St. Petersburg on April 5 in the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

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