Diane Roberts

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Diane K. Roberts
Tallahassee, 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,

2000 US presidential election.[3]

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

Career

Roberts has been a commentator at

Florida Phoenix,[8] and the Orlando Sentinel.[9]

Roberts is professor of literature and writing at

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. ISBN 9781416589570
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  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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