Speaker Series: Marie Howe
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Marie Howe is the author of New and Selected Poems, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, as well as four other volumes of poetry: Magdalene, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, The Good Thief, and What the Living Do. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poetry, Agni, Ploughshares, Harvard Review, and Partisan Review, among others.
She is also co-editor of a book of essays, In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. Howe appears courtesy of the Key West Literary Seminar.
Date: Jan 11, 2027
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Key West Public Library Palm Garden, 700 Fleming St
More than 25 years ago the Friends of the Library Speaker Series began. Now it is our most popular offering by far. We have had the great pleasure of hosting many phenomenal authors including Judy Blume, Ann Cleeves, S.A. Cosby, Fiona Davis, Sam Sifton, Carl Hiassen, Tom Perrotta, and many more.
Our 2027 Speaker Series kicks off on Monday, January 11, with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Marie Howe, sponsored by the Key West Literary Seminar. Speakers continue every Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. through March 15, in the Palm Garden.
These events are not ticketed, except for the February 8 Annual Gala. Guests are seated on a first-come, first-seated basis. We generally can accommodate everyone. Gates open at 5:30. In the event of rain, the event will take place inside the library.
She is also co-editor of a book of essays, In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. Howe appears courtesy of the Key West Literary Seminar.
Date: Jan 11, 2027
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Key West Public Library Palm Garden, 700 Fleming St
More than 25 years ago the Friends of the Library Speaker Series began. Now it is our most popular offering by far. We have had the great pleasure of hosting many phenomenal authors including Judy Blume, Ann Cleeves, S.A. Cosby, Fiona Davis, Sam Sifton, Carl Hiassen, Tom Perrotta, and many more.
Our 2027 Speaker Series kicks off on Monday, January 11, with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Marie Howe, sponsored by the Key West Literary Seminar. Speakers continue every Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. through March 15, in the Palm Garden.
These events are not ticketed, except for the February 8 Annual Gala. Guests are seated on a first-come, first-seated basis. We generally can accommodate everyone. Gates open at 5:30. In the event of rain, the event will take place inside the library.
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700 Fleming St, Key West, FL, United States, Florida 33040
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