Sohrab Homi Fracis will read from his new book of Jax stories, True Fiction. He won the Iowa Short Fiction Award, juried by the legendary Iowa Writers’ Workshop, for Ticket to Minto. His novel, Go Home, was shortlisted by Stanford for the William Saroyan International Prize. He was Twin Cities Visiting Writer in Residence at Augsburg College, Artist in Residence at Yaddo, and Florida Individual Artist Fellow. The South Asian Literary Association awarded him its Distinguished Achievement Award.

Sohrab will read at 11:45 AM on Saturday, October 29 at the Lecture Hall.
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JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100, Jessie Ball duPont Center, Moving the Margins, 904WARD, Happy Tapir Press, Bab’s Lab, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, The Volstead, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.