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  "Balladz" Poetry Book Club

  Wed, Feb 08

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Feb 08, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  February’s Poetry Book Club selection is "Balladz" by Sharon Olds, the Pulitzer Prize and T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry winner, called “a poet for these times, a powerful woman who won't back down (San Francisco Chronicle).”

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  Writing the Forbidden with Michelle Tea and Emily Carr

  Fri, Feb 10

  In-person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Feb 10, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EST

  In-person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  Join award-winning memoirist, post-punk performance poet, and Tarot reader Michelle Tea and love poet, beach witch, and writing professor Emily Carr for an evening dedicated to Writing the Forbidden.

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  "Out" Mysteries to Die For Vintage Edition

  Tue, Feb 14

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Feb 14, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  This monthly book club led by Elsie Souza is dedicated to reading vintage mystery novels. February’s pick is "Out" by Natsuo Kirino, at once a masterpiece of literary suspense and a pitch-black comedy of gender warfare.

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  "Home" Short and Satisfying Book Club

  Wed, Feb 15

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Feb 15, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  The Short and Satisfying Book Club is for those looking for a shorter read that is ripe for discussion. February’s selection is "Home" by Toni Morrison, the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner. "Home" is an emotional powerhouse of a novel.

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  "The Hate U Give" Banned Book Club

  Tue, Feb 21

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Feb 21, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  In this monthly book club dedicated to reading and protecting the most important and threatened books for our generation, February’s pick is Angie Thomas’ "The Hate U Give" a “stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that will be remembered as a classic of our time (John Green).”

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  A Conversation with Sony Ton-Aime, Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua Inst.

  Sun, Feb 26

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Feb 26, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  A Conversation with Sony Ton-Aime, Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua Institution. Come learn about the book selections for this year's Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle and a new wave of CLSC book circles across the nation.

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  "Seasons of Purgatory" Short Story Book Club

  Wed, Mar 01

  In-person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Mar 01, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

  In-person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  In this monthly book club dedicated to reading collections of short stories, March's pick is "Seasons of Purgatory," the first English-language story collection from Shahriar Mandanipour, “one of Iran's most important living fiction writers" (The Guardian).

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  Island Girls: Free the Sea of Plastic

  Sun, Mar 05

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota

  Mar 05, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

  In Person Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

  Visit with kid's author Blair Northen Williamson. Inspired by a true story, "Island Girls" empowers children to help their under-the-sea friends and use their voices to fight against plastic in our oceans.

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