This week our guest is Tyler Gillespie. Tyler is the author of the essay collection The Thing about Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State (University Press of Florida, 2021) as well as two poetry collections Florida Man: Poems (Red Flag Poetry, 2018) and the nature machine! (Autofocus, 2023). He’s a fifth-generation Floridian, co-founder of the Florida Local Artist & Writer Network, and currently teaches writing at Ringling College of Art + Design. His work can be found at https://tylermtg.com/