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San Marco Books & More to Provide Books at Nat Glover Signing

Desiree Bailey of San Marco Books and More has been a good friend to the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival for years, and she will sell books for former JSO Sheriff Nat Glover to sign on Friday, December 1st, after he reads from Striving for Justice: A Black Sheriff in the Deep South. Glover’s reading starts at 6:00 PM.

We are very grateful to the bookstore (and Desiree) for using her time, talent, and treasure in this way.

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.

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Lawson Lewis will Read at JaxbyJax Student Showcase

Lawson Lewis is a poet currently studying Creative Writing at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, where she is also the Marketing and Communications Editor of Élan Student Literary Magazine and the president of the Spoken Word Poetry Club. She has also been an intern for the Jacksonville chapter of Women Writing for a Change for three years. Her work revolves around themes of familial and personal relationships, shifting personal identity, and the dissection of ideals like freedom and girlhood.

Lewis will read her work in the Student Showcase at 3 pm on Saturday, December 2nd in the Main Auditorium F-128.

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.

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JaxbyJax Welcomes Mary Lou Sutherlin

Mary Lou Sutherlin (Granny Lou) is a poet from North Manchester, Indiana who has lived in Jacksonville for forty years . She studied at Purdue University and worked at Vistakon, developing contact lenses, and also at Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Her poetry chapbook is titled “Heartsongs.”

Sutherlin will read her work at 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 2nd in the Main Auditorium F-128.

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.

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JaxbyJax Celebrates the Generosity & Creativity of Delegal & Poindexter, P.A.

Delegal & Poindexter, P.A. has generously donated jazzy black tee shirts with the JaxbyJax logo over a vibrant pink Roman numberal X to celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival. These beautiful shirts will be available for purchase at FSCJ’s Kent Campus in December at the 3-day celebration of Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville. Come say hello to Tad and Julie Delegal and get your shirt for only $15. All the cool kids will be wearing them, and proceeds go to offset festival expenses.

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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.