Here is a second chance to learn from a master. In celebration of the literary art of fiction writing, JaxbyJax is honored to host the esteemed and accomplished writer, Sohrab Fracis.
Fracis will reprise his recent Last Sunday Session workshop on Sunday, December 3rd at noon in FSCJ’s Kent Campus, Building B Room 201.
Sohrab Homi Fracis’s new book of North Florida and elsewhere stories, True Fiction, won the 2023 International Book Award for story collections. American Book Award winner Rilla Askew says of it: “True Fiction is a tour de force.” Fracis is the first Asian American author to win the Iowa Short Fiction Award, juried by the legendary Iowa Writers’ Workshop and described by the New York Times as “among the most prestigious literary prizes America offers,” for his first book, Ticket to Minto: Stories of India and America. Publishers Weekly called it “A reminder of how satisfying the short story form can be…the work of an impressive new talent.” His novel, Go Home, was shortlisted by Stanford University Libraries for the William Saroyan International Prize. Singapore Poetry described it as “newly poignant and even heartbreaking.” He taught literature and creative writing at University of North Florida. He was Twin Cities Visiting Writer in Residence at Augsburg College and Artist in Residence at Yaddo. He received the Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature/Fiction. The South Asian Literary Association bestowed on him its Distinguished Achievement Award.
TRUE FICTION wins the International Book Award for Short Fiction: https://www.fracis.com/
JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205.
JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Delegal & Poindexter, Andres Rojas, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Babs’ Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.