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Write about Nature at River of Grass

On Fridays, starting June 7th, we’ll meet from 11:30 – 2:30 for inspiration, scribbling, and fellowship when we Write about Nature at River of Grass.

For the first hour of this three-hour experience, we will immerse ourselves in selections of poetry and prose from some of the best writers who ever wrote about the natural world.

The second hour will involve writing from prompts in the beautiful environs of River of Grass, where flowers, birdsong, marsh grasses, and waves provide inspiration to bring your words to life.

In the third hour, we will reconvene to share what we’ve written with one another, and glean encouragement to continue writing the beautiful work we’ve begun during our time together.

You don’t have to be a published writer to enjoy the experience; we will meet you where you are in your writing journey, and let nature whisper its inspiration into your ear and onto the page.

Our time together will be spent on a serene waterfront sunporch, around the dining table featured in the climactic scene of my novel, Sewing Holes, before we spend some solitary writing time in the lovely outdoor setting that is River of Grass. Write under an umbrella on the wooden deck, at a picnic table on the dock, in a lounge chair under the towering Southern Magnolia tree, or even in the hammock at the water’s edge.

To register, click here.

Darlyn Finch Kuhn is an award-winning professional writer who is a published novelist, poet, short-story writer, and journalist. She leads the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival, and teaches English at Florida State College at Jacksonville and Journalism at the University of North Florida. Kuhn hosts a podcast called Scribbler’s Corner, and lives on an acre-and-a-half slice of paradise called River of Grass at the confluence of the Trout and Ribault Rivers, where the beauty of nature brings out the poet in everyone.

And if you can’t bear to leave at the end of the session, you may reserve your bedroom and bath for an overnight stay at:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/25608035?s=3&guests=1&adults=1

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Announcing: 2019 JaxbyJax Writing Workshops

 

The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VI will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

One of our goals this year is to encourage Jacksonville writers who have not yet taken part in this annual celebration of “Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville” to participate. To that end, UNF, FSCJ and JaxbyJax will team up to host a monthly writing workshop at various locations around the city so that both student and non-student writers from the Jacksonville community can find out more about the festival, and also polish their writing through gentle critiques of their work.

The first workshop will be held on Monday, March 4th from 6 – 9 PM in room B-208 at the Kent Campus of FSCJ. Please bring 12-20 copies of your poem or short prose piece. You’ll get to hear your work read aloud by another writer, and then receive spoken feedback and written suggestions to take home.

JaxbyJax Writing Workshops are free, and open to the public (high school and older, please.) Participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance into the juried literary festival.

WHO: Writers from the Jacksonville area who want to improve their writing while helping others to improve, as well.

WHAT: Gentle critique of poems and short prose pieces by beginning, student, professional, and published writers.

WHEN: Monday, March 4, 2019  6-9 PM

WHERE: FSCJ, Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32205. Building B, Room 208

https://www.fscj.edu/campuses/kent-campus

 

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Darlyn Finch Kuhn is a poet, short-story writer, and novelist who edits the Scribbles literary e-newsletter and produces book trailer videos. Her debut novel, Sewing Holes, won First Place in the published novella category of the FWA’s 2015 Royal Palm Literary Awards. In addition to her two poetry collections (Red Wax Rose and Three Houses) her work has appeared in literary journals, newspapers, magazines and online. Her poems have been featured on Poetic Logic on WMFE-FM, and been read by Garrison Keillor on the Writers Almanac. She was interviewed on World Radio Paris. She teaches English Composition for FSCJ and Journalism Labs for UNF, and gives writing workshops through the River of Grass Writing Experience. Darlyn is the Community Liaison for the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival in 2018.

Click here to view the Sewing Holes book trailer she and husband Brad Kuhn produced together.

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Something about the way Uncle Travis looked at me was scary, and then I realized what it was. He resembled his father physically, the way many sons do, but the way he resembled Paw Paw the most was in his attitude toward females. Charm them, use them, beat them, throw them away, take them back, kill them. It was all the same; females were a man’s property, to do with as he saw fit.

~ Tupelo Honey Lee, Sewing Holes, by Darlyn Finch Kuhn

Antique Sewing Machine on wood table in home