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Thomas Hallock, Ph. D., at WMNF in Tampa, Florida on April 18, 2026. Credit: Ray Roa \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\nThomas Hallock, Ph. D., at WMNF in Tampa, Florida on April 18, 2026. Credit: Ray Roa \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n
Three years ago, Prof. Thomas Hallock released \u201cHappy Neighborhood,\u201d<\/a> a collection of essays and poems that, in part, reminds us to take a little time at night to recall a good memory.\u00a0<\/p>\n But Hallock, a columnist for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, is an academic, too. He\u2019s spent eight years poring over William Bartram\u2019s papers, and while he\u2019s been teaching Florida literature for over 25 years, Hallock has a guarantee for anyone coming to this talk.<\/p>\n \u201cI promise to keep whatever I\u2019ve learned to 30-40 minutes,\u201d he told CL.<\/p>\n That\u2019s too bad.<\/p>\n Bartram\u2019s \u201cTravels\u201d<\/a> is a fascinating look into the mindset of a nation in the late-1700s; his letters, papers and journals influenced Florida literature, too.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no cover to attend Speaking of History at Heritage Village Museum & Park in Largo on Sunday, Oct. 11 (donations accepted).<\/a><\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in Oct. 08 \u2013 14, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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