Damon Thomas is a sixth-generation Floridian who grew up on the banks of the Suwannee in rural Dixie County, FL. A kid there once burned down the Scout Hut, an old log cabin in the Cross City park. When asked why he just said that he was bored. All from the area could relate.

Small town boredom. Rural gloom. Damon has released 22 Spoken Word albums and 6 books on life in that Southern Gothic setting.

Damon will give a workshop entitled, “Writing Flash Memoir” at 10 AM on Saturday, October 29 in Training Center Room 042.

Then he will read from his work in the Lecture Hall at 4:00 p.m.
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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, Babs’ Lab, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, The Volstead, JaxPsychoGeo, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.