Friends of the Key West Library Present KWLS Speaker Carey Winfrey

Palm Garden, Key West Library, Monday, January 29, 2024

The Friends of the Key West Library’s speaker series will present Key West Sketches, edited by Carey Winfrey. Winfrey’s talk will be outdoors in the Palm Garden at the Library at 700 Fleming Street. KEY WEST SKETCHES—Writers at Mile Zero includes a treasure trove of more than sixty essays, reminiscences, musings, and poems about Key West. It features the town’s best-known writers: Lurie, Blume, Caputo, Cabot, McGuane, Beattie, Shames, Lee Smith, Frank Deford, Phyllis Rose, Glenn Frankel, Joy Williams, Barbara Ehrenreich, Billy Collins, and on and on… John Leslie, Lynn Kaufelt, Arida Wright, Mike Mewshaw, Ros Brackenbury, and Carey Winfrey will offer brief readings from their essays.

Editor Carey Winfrey’s fifty year career in journalism concluded with his decade as editor-in-chief of  Smithsonian.   https://friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org/speaker-series/

 Important information for 2024: This year there will be no requirement for pre-registration for our Speaker Series events in the Palm Garden, except for the talk before the Annual Gala. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. The gates open at 5:30. We will make every effort to accommodate everyone. However, to be certain of a seat, come early. For more information, please visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org.

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