PoetryMic with Doug Knowlton and Avni Vyas

Sun Mar 09 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm UTC-04:00

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PoetryMic with Doug Knowlton and Avni Vyas
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Readings of Original Poems by Local Poets
About this Event

Our free PoetryMic series introduces you to a varied group of talented poets that live in and around Sarasota. Plus, you never know what visiting, well-known poets may drop by the loft! Join us this week as Doug Knowlton and Avni Vyas share their work.



About the poets:

Doug Knowlton has been writing poems and lyrics since the 1960s. His love of poetry was reignited as he participated in readings around the Orlando area from 1996 to 1999. He emceed the open mic at Java N'Jive Coffee House in Palmetto from 2002 to 2003. He was a regular at the Fogartyville Cafe Open Mic (Bradenton) from 2002 to 2005 and hosted the Village Bookshop Poets and Writers from 2006 to 2011. Doug finds it especially fulfilling to encounter readers and listeners awakening to poetry's vast potential.

Avni Vyas is the author of LITTLE GOD (Burrow Press 2021), the chapbooks FAR FROM GLORIOUS FEELING (TOA 2021), and WHEN I WAS A BAREFOOT CLOUD (Anhinga 2024). She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at New College of Florida. You can read more of her work at https://linktr.ee/avnijvyas.


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This free in person event is in the Loft at our store at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple.
Registration will end 1 hour before the event's scheduled time.
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All signed up and unable to go? Please let us know! Seating is limited and there may be people on our waitlist who would like to to take your place. Please send an email to bryn@sarasotabooks.com ASAP and hopefully we'll see you next time.



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Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, United States

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