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William McKeen — Contributor

William McKeen is chairman of the University of Florida’s Department of Journalism and author of several books, including the Hunter S. Thompson biography Outlaw Journalist. His book blog can be read here.

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William McKeen's Latest Entries:

Really funny shit from bloggers turned authors

Posted on Sep. 25, 2009, at 3:07 pm

If Carl Hiaasen isn’t pissing off someone, he isn’t doing his job

Posted on Sep. 10, 2009, at 8:32 am

Two ideal Hollywood bios: Actor Warren Oates (The Wild Bunch) and director Hal Ashby (Being There)

Posted on Sep. 3, 2009, at 3:08 pm

Revisiting Ray Bradbury and appreciating Robert B. Parker

Posted on Aug. 4, 2009, at 10:22 pm

Let us now praise baseball nicknames

Posted on Jul. 30, 2009, at 2:05 pm

Remembering a walk on the moon, 40 years later

Posted on Jul. 19, 2009, at 9:41 pm

They don’t make journalists like Walter Cronkite anymore

Posted on Jul. 18, 2009, at 5:31 pm

Paul Newman’s great American life of triumph and tragedy

Posted on Jul. 16, 2009, at 1:06 pm

Getting back into Gonzo with Hunter S. Thompson

Posted on Jul. 14, 2009, at 12:52 pm

Something to share with children — and another thing that, if you share with children, will force us to call the cops on you

Posted on Jun. 18, 2009, at 1:00 pm

Tales of fathers, psycho killers, bulimic swimmers and non-believers

Posted on Jun. 11, 2009, at 10:49 am

Serial killers, zombies, the great American pastime and home-grown crime

Posted on Jun. 9, 2009, at 11:16 am

Road-tripping with Harry Truman, some Commie bastards, the Bat Boy and Dead Elvis

Posted on May. 21, 2009, at 12:43 pm

Prose and cons of Florida books: essential Sunshine State reads

Posted on Apr. 27, 2009, at 10:32 pm

Lightning round with Led Zeppelin, ancient mysteries and sex on the brain

Posted on Apr. 9, 2009, at 3:49 pm

The stories behind the storytellers

Posted on Apr. 2, 2009, at 6:59 pm

Mysteries in bloom: Bad-ass cops, corrupt senators, psycho killers

Posted on Mar. 26, 2009, at 11:24 am

Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac and One Hella Nation Under God

Posted on Mar. 19, 2009, at 2:11 pm

Mid-life dating: Back in the saddle again

Posted on Mar. 12, 2009, at 11:46 am

Obama girls (and boys): ‘We’re deeply in love!’

Posted on Feb. 27, 2009, at 1:06 pm

Living next door to Gonzo

Posted on Feb. 12, 2009, at 9:23 pm

Looks like a book, smells like a book . . .

Posted on Feb. 5, 2009, at 4:41 pm

My Dinner with Geoffrey (Chaucer)

Posted on Jan. 15, 2009, at 3:02 pm

Don’t stop the presses! Newspaper columns get a second life

Posted on Dec. 15, 2008, at 3:41 pm

Brilliant Brando Bio and a Thousand Nights at the Movies

Posted on Dec. 8, 2008, at 11:38 pm

Rick Bragg’s latest, Prince of Frogtown; and better well-read than dead

Posted on Dec. 2, 2008, at 3:47 pm

Baseball players, great stadiums, pols and poets

Posted on Nov. 24, 2008, at 10:23 pm

Florida author Carlos Frias signing tonight in Carrollwood

Posted on Nov. 21, 2008, at 3:57 pm

Taking off the Band-Aid

Posted on Nov. 17, 2008, at 8:29 pm

Read to the beat

Posted on Nov. 10, 2008, at 10:32 pm

Electing to read books

Posted on Nov. 4, 2008, at 12:14 am

The Big Chiller: Books for Halloween

Posted on Oct. 28, 2008, at 12:37 am

Notes from a faithful reader

Posted on Oct. 22, 2008, at 11:21 am

Notes from a faithful reader

Posted on Oct. 14, 2008, at 5:55 pm

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