Jade Sylvan Jade Sylvan Jade Sylvan (born September 9, 1982, Chicago, Illinois) 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" (Write Bloody Publishing), 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
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