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

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Early life, family and education

An eighth-generation Floridian whose family has lived in Florida since 1799, 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. Roberts attended

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as a Marshall Scholar.

Career

Roberts has been a commentator at NPR, a member of the ''

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'' editorial board, and a journalist for ''

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'', the '' Florida Phoenix'', and the ''

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''. Roberts is professor of literature and writing at

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and a visiting fellow in creative writing at the University of Northumbria in England, specializing in

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culture.

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

External links

Quotes attributed to Diane Roberts
at thinkexist.com

at University of Alabama
"Diane Robert's archive
at NPR
Diane Roberts columns
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