Diane Roberts

This article is about American author Diane K. Roberts. For the theatre director, see Diane Roberts (director).
Diane K. Roberts
Roberts at Goerings BookStore on May 16, 2005
Roberts at Goerings BookStore on May 16, 2005
BornTallahassee, Florida, US[1]
OccupationProfessor, columnist, author
Website
english.fsu.edu/faculty/diane-roberts

Diane Roberts is an American author, columnist, essayist, radio commentator, reviewer and professor. She is the author of three books and a documentary-maker for the BBC.[2]

Early life, family and education

An eighth-generation Floridian whose family has lived in Florida since 1799,[1] Roberts is related to numerous famous Floridians, including Florida's 19th governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, and L. Clayton Roberts who was director of Florida's Division of Elections during the 2000 US presidential election.[3]

Roberts attended Brasenose College, Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.[4]

Career

Roberts has been a commentator at NPR,[3] a member of the Tampa Bay Times editorial board,[5] and a journalist for The New York Times,[6] The Guardian,[7] The Washington Post,[7] the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Florida Phoenix,[8] and the Orlando Sentinel.[9]

Roberts is professor of literature and writing at Florida State University[10] and a visiting fellow in creative writing at the University of Northumbria in England, specializing in Southern United States culture.[7]

Publications

Books

  • Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and other Florida Wildlife Free Press, 2004.
  • Faulkner and Southern Womanhood, University of Georgia Press, 1993.
  • The Myth of Aunt Jemima, Routledge, 1994.

References

  1. ^ a b "NPR personality Diane Roberts charms crowd with radio 'bits'". mercercluster.com. 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  2. ^ "Diane Roberts". floridaauthors.wetpaint.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  3. ^ a b "Diane Roberts". NPR.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  4. ^ Roberts, Diane (2007). Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildlife. Simon and Schuster. pp. 200–202. ISBN 9781416589570.
  5. ^ "Diane Roberts". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  6. ^ "Florida at the Crossroads: Five Hundred Years of Encounters, Conflicts, and Exchanges". humanities.miami.edu. University of Miami. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  7. ^ a b c "Diane Roberts - Profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  8. ^ "Diane Roberts, Author at Florida Phoenix". Florida Phoenix. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  9. ^ "Faculty & Staff : Diane Roberts". as.ua.edu. University of Alabama. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  10. ^ "Diane Roberts". english.fsu.edu. English Department, Florida State University. Retrieved 2023-09-06.



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