JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival is pleased to announce the return of Ebony Payne-English, who will read from her graphic novel at the festival on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

Ebony Payne-English is a lyricist, author, playwright, performance artist, and educator from Jacksonville, FL. Most recently, she is curator of The God MC, the first Hip Hop showcase at the Museum Of Contemporary Art in Duval County. Ebony is the first woman to establish her own chapter of the international poetry organization, Black on Black Rhyme. She is the 2017 Cultural Council Emerging Artist as well as recipient of Spoken Word Gala’s 2017 William Bell Humanitarian Award. Ebony volunteers as an Art Selection Panelist for the City of Jacksonville’s Art In Public Places Committee. She is the Managing Director of The Performers Academy, a founding member of the Southern Fried Poetry Inc. Board of Directors, and an inaugural Teaching Artist at the Harland Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta. Find more about the author at www.ebonypayneenglish.com.