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Book Talk: Poets celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Studio@620

R.J. Jacobs talks about “Always the First to Die” at Oxford Exchange.
 
USF professor Natalie Scenters-Zapico will be one of the poets reading in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month..
USF professor Natalie Scenters-Zapico will be one of the poets reading in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.. [ Jose Angel Maldonado ]
Published Sept. 22, 2022

Tampa author Kenny Coogan will discuss and sign his new book, “Florida’s Carnivorous Plants: Understanding, Identifying, and Cultivating the State’s Native Species,” at noon Sept. 25 at Mojo Books & Records, 2540 E Fowler Ave., Tampa.

Author R.J. Jacobs will discuss and sign his new mystery, “Always the First to Die,” at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Oxford Exchange, 420 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. Tickets $5 for admission, $16.99 for admission and a signed copy of the paperback, at oxfordexchange.com/pages/calendar.

The Studio@620 celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with readings by Hispanic poets Amaris Castillo, Silvia Curbelo, Yuly Restrepo Garcés, Gloria Muñoz, Ryan Riva and Natalie Scenters-Zapico, plus music, food and book sales by Tombolo Books, at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at the studio, 620 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Free; RSVP at tickets.americanstage.org/TheatreManager/1/online?performance=11651.

Book Talk is a listing of in-person author appearances in the Tampa Bay area in the coming week. To place an item in Book Talk, send author’s name, book title, appearance time, date, venue name and address, admission cost (if any) and a contact phone number to cbancroft@tampabay.com, with “Book Talk” in the subject line. Deadline is 14 days before publication.