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Sarasota News Leader November 30, 2012 Page 84 BEACH READING TO FEATURE POETS, NOVELIST The Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced that its first beach reading of the season will feature three writers — Jeff Parker, an American novelist and short story writer; Tony Hoagland, an award-winning American poet and essayist; and Rodrigo Garcia Lopes, a Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and fiction writer. The event will take place on Friday, Nov. 30. The campus will open to the public at 4 p.m. for tours of the historic buildings; the beach readings will commence at 5 p.m., "followed by Mother Nature's spectacular gulf front sunset," a news release adds. lation due to weather will be posted on the website, www.HermitageArtistRetreat.org. "Since they began a few years ago, our beach readings have grown to be one of our most popular programs," explained Bruce E. Rodgers, the Hermitage Artist Retreat's executive director, in the news release. "Typically, we have two or three a year. It's a wonderful opportunity to open our otherwise closed campus for the public to tour; we feature incredible writers who read from their work and Mother Nature provides the grand finale sunset. If this isn't the best way to end a day or begin a weekend, I don't know what is! And it's free." The event is free. Visitors are encouraged to bring beach chairs and any refreshments. The Regarding the three writers who will be feaHermitage Artist Retreat is located at 6660 tured on Nov. 30, the news release notes that Manasota Key Road in Englewood. Cancel- Parker is the author of the novel Ovenman Tony Hoagland/Contributed photo