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DESCRIPTION:**THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT** \n\n \n\nWe’re honored to welcom
 e award-winning novelist Angela Flournoy as the speaker for this year’s 
 Booklovers' Breakfast on Saturday\, February 7\, 2026\,  8:30am - noon\, a
 t the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront (700 Aliceanna Street). \n\n \n\nAngel
 a Flournoy is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Turner Hous
 e\, winner of the VCU Cabell First Novel Prize and a finalist for the Nati
 onal Book Award\, an NAACP Image Award and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
  for Debut Fiction. A National Book Foundation “5 under 35” Honoree\, 
 Flournoy skillfully illuminates universal themes of home\, family and frie
 ndship through unforgettable characters\, finely-wrought prose and subtle 
 humor. \n\n \n\nHer forthcoming novel The Wilderness (Mariner Books\, Sept
 ember 16\, 2025)  explores the lives of five Black women over the course o
 f a twenty-year friendship—from the late 2000s to into the late 2020s—
 as they navigate careers\, marriage\, and motherhood amid the tumult of mo
 dern American life. A sweeping yet intimate story\, The Wilderness examine
 s how chosen families form and fracture\, and what it means to grow alongs
 ide the people we love.\n\n \n\nA graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
  Flournoy has held fellowships from the NEA\, the Cullman Center\, and the
  American Academy in Berlin. Her essays and criticism have appeared in The
  New York Times\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Paris Review\, and elsewhere
 . She lives in Los Angeles.\n\n \n\nAdvanced registration required:\n\n**T
 HIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT** Admission: $50 per person\; $450 for a Table of 
 10All seats are reserved in order of receipt of registration and payment. 
 All sales are final. No refunds will be given. For more information\, call
   443-768-0762Books sold by MahoganyBooks Deadline for registration: Monda
 y\, January 26 at noon
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LOCATION:Baltimore Marriott Waterfront 
SUMMARY:Booklovers' Breakfast featuring Angela Flournoy 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/booklovers-breakfast-
 featuring-angela-flournoy
CATEGORIES:Book Discussions
CATEGORIES:Writers LIVE!
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