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Check out Marq Mervin at JaxbyJax

Part of the fun of the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival is getting to know the cool kids. Here’s one!

Marq Mervin is a multifaceted creative, educator, TEDx speaker, and lover of video games. His tenure in broadcast led to an Emmy Award-winning documentary. Currently, Marq teaches at Florida State College at Jacksonville and advocates for art and design education for underrepresented youth. His work led to recognition from Revision Path’s 28 Days of the Web and to moderate VyStar’s International Artist Lecture Series with Disney legend Floyd Norman. He’s the author of “One Day, I Hope That…”, a collection of prose and poetry. When he’s not traveling for tournaments or speaking opportunities, he’s catching up on his favorite anime.

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JaxbyJax welcomes Bobbie O’Connor

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Bobbie O’Connor is a strong advocate for social justice; her activism is clear in her writing. She has written and performed Screams Echo, a piece about how the screams of racism echo through the centuries, as well as pieces for the Florida Times Union about violence against women and her own white privilege.  Additionally, she performed Gender in a Binary World at the Coming Out Monologues to foster understanding and diminish transphobia.  A recent work, Home Again, is about reclaiming voice and self-authority after sexual abuse.  She is currently working on a book of personal essays about ever-present misogyny.

Come hear wise words with Bobbie O’Connor at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, November 16th in downtown Jacksonville.

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Thony Aiuppy will read at JaxbyJax!

Meet Thony Aiuppy, the first of 31 writers who will read their work at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, November 16th in downtown Jacksonville.

Aiuppy is a visual artist and writer. Creative writing informs his narrative paintings, portraits, and sculptures. His art has been exhibited at Yellow House, Andalusia Farm: Home of Flannery O’Connor, and the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, among others. He teaches art at the University of North Florida.

Check out the event guide for the schedule.

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