Poetry

The Spark Singer

My first full-length collection of poetry is published by Spuyten Duyvil Press.

Praise

"Jade Sylvan’s poems are ornaments to holidays that don’t exist yet." - Brian Ellis

"Amazing and crafted, heaving and breathing poetry." - Ryk Mcintyre

"At once playful and icy, this book should be in your hands—open." - James Caroline

A review of my performance at the Nuyorican.

Poetry Performance, Workshops, Etcetera

I have performed as featured poet at The Cantab Lounge, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Green Mill, and many other poetry venues, as well as numerous colleges and universities.

I have taught workshops in poetry writing and performance at 826 Boston, Brandeis University, Indiana University, and many other organizations. I also work as a creatuve-writing and performance mentor for Books of Hope, a youth-literacy empowerment program based in Somerville, MA.

"Dear Jade, Thank you so much for offering to do a CRR Author reading of your poetry and conduct a student/poet workshop with our students and faculty.... We received such positive responses from students and faculty about your poems' subjects and your interpretation of them. Your approach with students while holding such personalized and candid discussions about poetry, interpretation, and writing helped build a trust and bond between poet, the works, and students." - Marilyn J. Bossmann, University of Cincinnati

Partial list of publications.

@ The Berkeley Poetry Slam


@ Le Poisson Rouge, Manhattan

@ University of Cincinnati

@ The Seattle Poetry Slam

For booking or more information, email me.

VIDEOS

"Sestina In Vain" on 09-09-09
"A-Train" on 09-09-09 Feature at the Cantab Lounge