Jayson P. Smith is a Bronx-born poet, performer, curator, & educator. Currently a 2017 NYFA Fellow in Poetry, Jayson has received previous support from The Poetry Project, The Conversation Literary Festival, Callaloo, & Millay Colony for the Arts. Their poems appear in journals such as West Branch, Gulf Coast, The Offing, & Vinyl Magazine. Jayson lives & works in Brooklyn as a Spark House teaching artist & founder of NOMAD Reading Series. Find out more at www.jaysonpsmith.com.