Poet Heather Sellers will discuss and sign her new book, Field Notes From the Flood Zone, and present a poetry workshop at 7 p.m. May 19 at Tombolo Books, 2153 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Free; RSVP at tombolobooks.com/event.
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