Anywhere Else: Essays on Florida

by Rachel Knox

In Anywhere Else, Rachel Knox explores images of Florida in pop culture together with her own experiences growing up in Florida and discussions of issues central to life in the state—class, violence, religion, women’s rights, and sexuality. Knox’s eclectic essays consider subjects including Florida serial killer Aileen Wuornos, painter Thomas Kinkade and the Florida Highwaymen, Ralph Waldo Emerson in St. Augustine, the X-Files monster of the week, and a queer film made in Florida in 1914. This book is a lively, sharp, and witty read that will be enjoyed by readers both within and far outside the state.

224 pages, Paperback

Expected publication March 24, 2026

About the author

Rachel Knox is a writer and bookseller from St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reviews

[EJ Eldry · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful insight into a true Floridian existence. Knox is just one perspective, one unique seashell among others buried in our white sand beaches, but with a common theme close to my native heart. These essays have a way of tying all Floridians together under the same passing summer cloud, where we can all find solace in one another, as we wait for the storm to pass and bring our sunshine again.

My views are entirely my own and left of my own free will. Thank you to the author Rachel Knox for supplying me with an ARC so I could read and form my own opinion.