Ryan Rivas is the publisher of Burrow Press. His fiction, essays, and book reviews have appeared in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012, Literary Hub, Prick of the Spindle, Orlando Weekly, and elsewhere.
...an audiobook meets director's commentary, plus general banter about each guest's relationship to Florida, and what they are reading / recommending at the moment...
At best this narrative elevates the state to the level of mythology (a pattern of bungling Florida men become Florida Man). At worst Florida is no more than the butt of a joke...
I was writing a book that was greatly influenced by the Southern Gothic tradition of depicting moral or social decay through physical houses, so in light of all that it felt like a natural fit to place the book in Florida...