birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date article_title name occupation
chicago , illinois january 2015 american kissing oscar wilde -lrb- 2013 -rrb- 9 september 1982 jade sylvan
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jade sylvan

jade sylvan -lrb- born september 9 , 1982 , chicago , illinois -rrb- is an american poet , author , performer , producer , and performing artist living in cambridge , massachusetts .
they are the author of kissing oscar wilde and the spark singer , a collection of poetry .
they have been called a `` risque queer icon '' by the boston globe .
their most recent book , kissing oscar wilde -lrb- write bloody publishing -rrb- , a novelized memoir about the author 's experience as a touring poet in paris , was a finalist for the new england book award and the bisexual book award .
sylvan has had pieces published in the washington post , buzzfeed , the toast , pank magazine , and elsewhere online about polyamory , queer identity , and lgbt issues .
they have toured extensively , performing their work to audiences across the united states , canada , and europe .
they are heavily rooted in the literary and performance community of cambridge and somerville , massachusetts .
over the past decade , sylvan has produced and performed in acclaimed stage-shows and workshops in collaboration with entities such as the museum of fine arts boston , harvard university , and mass poetry .
jade sylvan published an open letter to mark zuckerberg in the washington post in 2014 , which addressed concerns of gender equality .
it focused on concerns regarding damages to the lgbt community brought about by facebook policies regarding real-name assignments , as it discriminates against drag queens .
in 2012 , sylvan co-wrote and starred in the feature-film ten -lrb- 2014 film -rrb- -lrb- awarded `` runner-up '' for best screenplay and best genre film at the imaginarium film festival -rrb- , and was also commissioned to write the official novelization of the film .
in spring of 2015 , there was fundraising and a public read-through for `` spider cult : the musical '' , an `` apocalyptic lesbian fringe sci-fi horror musical '' which sylvan wrote with burlesque performer fem bones and musician catherine capozzi .
