In Florida, a bestselling author is building a new community of literary resistance; CNN, May 2, 2024

Scottie Andrew , CNN; In Florida, a bestselling author is building a new community of literary resistance

"Groff is opening the Lynx now to plant a flag in her adopted home state, where she worries free thought is becoming increasingly endangered.

This isn’t just any bookstore, because Groff isn’t just any bookseller. She’s a three-time National Book Award finalist and one of Florida’s most acclaimed living writers. She’s published bestselling novels like “Fates and Furies,” a diptych that documents a marriage from the perspective of both spouses, and “Matrix,” historical fiction set in a 12th-century French convent...

But she and her neighbors are increasingly concerned about laws Florida’s government is passing that make it easier to ban books, restrict what can be taught about Black historyand limit the rights of LGBTQ residents.

The city needed a new stronghold against these threats, and Groff knew she was the person to make it."